Here's an interesting development for archiving data: a new kind of disk is claimed to last "forever", or at any rate to be much more robust than existing disks.<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218881/Start_up_to_release_stone_like_optical_disc_that_lasts_forever"> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218881/Start_up_to_release_stone_like_optical_disc_that_lasts_forever</a><br>