You probably think Blu-ray is the latest, greatest, up-to-datest thing in optical tech right now. You probably think, "Wow! 25 gigs on a single disc! Great!"

What if I told you there’s a disc that can hold 20 times that amount to the tune of 500GB?

Enter the GE holographic disc. Yes, it sounds like something straight out of Star Trek, but it’s real. No, you can’t get it right now, but you will eventually.

The largest difference between the way data is written to the disc is that it can be written under the surface, whereas all discs now is top layer only.

Don’t believe me? Check it out for yourself.

If you happen to own a 1TB or 500GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive, you’re most likely familiar with the firmware error at boot. So, naturally, what people will do is download the latest firmware update from Seagate to fix the problem.

The only problem with that is that when applied it seems to be bricking the 500GB versions of the drive.

Seagate is very aware of this issue, has taken down the update and is investigating it currently. And I’m quite certain a fix for it will be posted in short order.

See source link below for more information on what’s happening (this is really upsetting a lot of people for obvious reasons).

[Source: Channel Register]