Recycle This Earth Day Quick Links of the Day

Recycle Your Hard Drive This Earth Day

Earth Day is a great opportunity to remember to recycle.  You can reuse and recycle your old hard drives and here are some helpful links to get you on your way.

HOW TO RECYCLE HARD DRIVES

Hard drives are made mostly of aluminum which is easily recycled.  If you have time to dissemble your hard drive yourself wiki how has a tutorial http://www.wikihow.com/Recycle-Old-Computer-Hard-Drives

If you live in San Diego then the San Diego Recycling Center has free eWaste drop off every weekday http://www.recyclesandiego.org/

You can ship your hard drive to Back Thru The Future Technology Disposal; you pay for shipping and it will be recycled for free http://www.freeharddriverecycling.com/

AND IF YOU'RE CRAFTY

How to recycle your hard drive into a lamp http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Recycle-A-Hard-Drive-To-A-Cool-Lamp/

How to make a clock out of an old hard drive http://tgrounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-make-clock-out-of-hard-drive.html

This Earth Day Recycle Your CDs

 Earth Day is April 22nd

April 22^nd is Earth Day and CD Recycling Center of America wants to remind you to recycle your CDs.  CD Recycling Center encourages everyone to mail in their old CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays and the discs will be recycled for free.   There is no need for your old discs to end up in landfills when those discs could be recycled into new plastic items such as hard hats, recycling bins, office equipment, automotive industry parts  and much more.

To mail in your discs, just visit the website www.cdrecyclingcenter.com and sign in.  You can then print out a mailing label and mail in your discs.  Once the discs are received you will be registered on the website as an official Registered Member of The Compact Disc Recycling Center.

Backing up data onto a discs is popular today because of the 50-100 year life expectancy of a discs . U-Reach's CD / DVD / Blu-ray Duplicators are some of our most popular sellers.  If your data is safe for 100 years, just think how long it would take your disc to break down in a landfill.  Be sure to recycle your old, discarded discs.

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Quick Links of the Day

Links We Like

HP warns that malware-infected compact flash were shipped out  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/11/hp_ships_malware_cards_with_switches_oops/

The Compact Flash Association invites participation on CFast(TM)2.0 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-compactflash-association-invites-participation-on-cfasttm-20-2012-04-16

MemoTrek announces its new metal, key-shaped USB http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/16/prweb9400222.DTL

Staff at London hospital lose unencrypted USB with patient data http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/041712-poor-training-blamed-for-hospital-258335.html?hpg1=bn
Should hospitals use copy protected USBs?  TeraMotions offers copy protected USBs so data can be viewed but not copied.

Quick Links of the Day

 Links We Like

 

• Scientists at UCLA use lightscribe to develop a new class of supercapacitor; using a graphene coated DVD and lightscribe technology scientist research new power source. http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-supercapacitor/21925/  U-Reach's controllers offer lightscribe burning capabilities.  You just choose a picture and the lightscribe burns the image onto the disc.  It is good to know that even scientists are putting lightscribe technology to good use. Here is a second article on the subject.

• War Horse and Chinatown are among the top blu-ray sales this week.  We Bought a Zoo to come out this week also.  http://www.nasdaq.com/article/war-horse-chinatown-among-top-blu-ray-releases-this-week-20120404-00835

• Nintendo 3DS is outselling Sony Vita in Japan.http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/3ds-sales/  Remember we blogged about the Sony Vita back in March

• Researchers at Drexel University claim that sensitive user data, such as credit card information, on old Xbox hard drives can be recovered  http://www.techspot.com/news/48029-xbox-360-hard-drive-retains-credit-card-information-after-factory-reset.html

• USB aquarium with music and light. http://www.zdnet.com/photos/geeky-things-to-stick-in-your-usb-port/6355635

Quick Links of the Day

Links We Like This Week

USB Flash Drives Shaped Like Hard Drives http://inventorspot.com/articles/usb_flash_drives_shaped_hard_drives_yes_really

Toshiba Announces Exceria SD Cards: World's Fastest SD Cards http://www.slashgear.com/toshiba-announces-exceria-sd-cards-worlds-fastest-14218340/

Nikon D4 Camera to Come Bundled with XQD Card. http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/nikon-d4-to-come-bundled-with-xqd-card-and-reader-1071612

We blogged about the XQD card in February

TeraMotions Will Attend NAB 2012

NAB 2012

TeraMotions will be attending the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV this year from April 14^th to the 19^th.   NAB is the largest international digital, audio, video, film and communications expo.   According to the NAB website, there will be over 90,000 media and entertainment professionals from over 150 countries attending.  The theme this year is "The Great Content Shift"  highlighting the demand for content, anytime, anywhere.  We look forward to seeing you there, booth # SL13415.

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