If you change your computer regularly, your present computer probably does not have a floppy disk drive. The 3.5-inch floppy disk was a ubiquitous medium used for storing data a couple of decades ago.

As we all look across a sea of lifeless, nearly identically-styled consumer goods, a few of us have become nostalgic for a time when products like stereo equipment, phones, appliances, homes, cars, ...

The floppy disk contains the oldest version of 86-DOS thought to still exist. Although long-abandoned for far more advanced successors, MS-DOS remains a pivotal piece of computer history. Released to ...

When was the last time you had a computer with a floppy disk drive? Five years? Six? If you’re a Mac user, it could be ten years or more. Safe to say the floppy disk has been a thing of the past for ...

Musician Espen Kraft stores his sound samples on floppy disks, using them to make his music for their authentic sound (Credit: Espen Kraft) The last floppy disk was made over a decade ago and doesn't ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

After more than 50 years since the first one was made, Japan has officially killed off the iconic floppy disk. According to reports, the Japanese government has scrapped all 1,034 regulations ...

It was 1998 and Apple had just released the iMac G3. It was a beautiful interesting computer: a sleek, all-in-one case, with something new called USB. One thing it didn't have was a floppy disk. At ...