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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/6265976.stm
Warning of data ticking time bomb
The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a "ticking
time bomb", the chief executive of the UK National Archives has warned.
Natalie Ceeney said society faced the possibility of "losing years of
critical knowledge" because modern PCs could not always open old file
formats.
She was speaking at the launch of a partnership with Microsoft to ensure
the Archives could read old formats.
Microsoft's UK head Gordon Frazer warned of a looming "digital dark age".
Being an archivist by training, it has been a growing problem. Also, think
of the millions of digital family and friends pictures that are lost
everyday because of improper management. It was supposed that an universal
file format had been found a few year back but I can't recall anything
about it.
We are doing the work of Big Brother!
Don't drop the old 35 film roll just yet..
jb
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