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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Famously, the save icon on most computer user interfaces references a fairly obsolete piece of technology: the venerable ...

Just insert a disk and the TV starts playing three-year-old’s favorite shows Smart TV UIs are hard enough for adults to ...

When Mark Necaise got down to his last four floppy disks at a rodeo in Mississippi in February, he started to worry. Necaise travels to horse shows around the state, offering custom embroidery on ...

Throughout the history of computers, one aspect has plagued and restricted its growth more than any other: permanent storage. From the very first computers that used punched cards and tape for input ...

Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date. But according to a report from a congressional watchdog agency, a ...