Though the floppy disk was invented more than 50 years ago, it turns out airplanes continue to regularly use this archaic storage medium today.

Mac software used to be distributed on 3.5-inch floppy disks. Now, using the MacDisk utility, you can read them on modern Windows computers. When the Macintosh was first released in 1984, it didn't ...

It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

Microsoft vet revisits the gloriously manual era of write protection Microsoft's Raymond Chen took a delightful trip down memory lane this week, tracing how write protection for removable media has ...

Whether you frequent Chuck E. Cheese or haven’t had to think about the sticky children’s arcade chain for a while now, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that what’s bossing around those creepy ...