9th October 2007, 6:56 PM
On a vaguely (not really, except for the 'hard drives' topic) related note, the Nobel Prize for Physics this year was awarded to some people who made advances in hard drive technology...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/world/10nobel.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/world/10nobel.html