Morten Halfdan posted about Walmart having pushed the cost savings too far.
Fast Company had a very interesting article about that a few months ago: The Wal-Mart You Don't Know.
The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?
So you thought the 4GB IBM/Hitachi micro drives as used in the iPod mini are small?
Toshiba is making a 4GB drive that is only 2.1cm (0.85 inch) in diameter. (via Macminute)
Less than 10 years ago when I had my BBS and FidoNet hub "the Source!" (spelled that way) I had a much bigger disk with much less capacity that imploded. Henrik Jørgensen came to the rescue, lending me a 4GB scsi disk and a scsi controller so I could get up and running again. The drive was a "full height" 5.25" sized drive. It sounded like a small jet when it powered on and like a good size freight train while running. And of course I slept in the same room... But man, 4GB was ENORMOUS!
