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This week, during the International Magnetics Conference in Dresden, Sony revealed a new project they’ve been working on which pushes an old medium to places unimaginably new. Using a new technique, ...

The cassette tapes these days are seen as items from a long forgotten era of the 80s and Walkmans. However, Sony has created a new record with storage capabilities using one of these tapes as the ...

The people behind the 185TB tape aren't creating the technology necessary for its existence so they can make the world's longest mix-tape. Instead it's far closer to a proof-of-concept than it is to ...

Stupid hipster 80s fetishism notwithstanding, cassette tapes don’t get much love. That’s a shame, because magnetic tape is still a surprisingly robust way to back up data. Especially now: Sony just ...

Cassette tapes may have faded into oblivion long ago, but magnetic tape storage still has a key role to play behind the scenes. Extremely high density tapes are used by corporations and government ...

Well, obviously they're a little different from the WWF All Stars 'Wrestlemania' you listened to on your Walkman as a kid (only me?). Sony have created magnetic tape that can store a whopping 148 ...

Sony is sending its cassette tape Walkman into retirement in Japan as demand for a music player that was ground-breaking in its day dwindles to a tiny niche in the era of digital technology. Sony ...

Even though it's a long time since cassettes have truly been in vogue, it's still disappointing Sony's 40th anniversary Walkman doesn't let you play music from magnetic tape. If you do pick up the ...

Inside a cassette is a long spool of plastic tape covered with a magnetic medium that holds the recording as analog magnetic fluctuations. Even if you do nothing, even if the tape is sealed and ...

Bad news Betamax lovers. The 40-year-old video cassette tapes are about to die. Sony broke the news on its website Tuesday, saying it would stop making the tapes as of March 2016. The cassette tapes ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...