Life has gotten even shorter in digital age

The USA Today Looks At the problems with digital preservation.

“In the digital era, consumers worry about the staying power of their sacred possessions. They fret about the permanence of computers and electronics gear. They read about “CD rot,” short-lived iPod batteries and pricey plasma TVs with traces of static images “burned into” the display. And they pray that the most prized digital treasures — family photographs — will last from one generation to the next.