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In the 1990s, floppy disks were the medium of choice for home and business users alike to copy and store important data. Floppy disk use declined in the late 1990s thanks to the compact disc, and ...

Those of us who've been around and using technology for a while remember the era of floppy disks. You know, they look like "save" icons, but they were real pieces of plastic with magnetic media inside ...

It seems Steve Job's signature is worth more than meets the eye. A 1988 floppy disk with the Apple co-founders autograph across the front in black felt ink sold for a whopping $84,000 at auction. The ...

In his low-tech data recovery operation (old computers), Tom Persky is witnessing the first round of personal digital data decay. Here’s why the next rounds will be worse. Tom Persky’s company, ...

It’s been approximately 12 million years since most of us last used a floppy disk, but apparently, the antiquated tech still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 ...

The Muni Metro Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) is set to get an upgrade to its operations that will put it approximately five generations ahead of its current system, which now runs on 5.25-inch ...