You might think the era of the 3.5 inch “floppy” disk is over, and of course, you’d be right. But when has that ever stopped hackers before? Just because these disks are no longer… ...

The floppy disk is a technology that is known only to the youth of today as the inspiration for the Save icon. There’s a lot of retro computing history tied up in these fragile platters, thus… ...

The OS does have quite a dated look, but it's still an amazing feat for something packed within a floppy disk. It has a full GUI, can connect to the internet, and even has a library of games for ...

Mac OS X’s included Disk Utility may be more flexible than you think. One enterprising Mac user named Daniel Blade Olson has managed to craft together a RAID system using, of all things, a ...

The process involved cutting out a notch in a 3.5-inch floppy disk to make room for the SD Card—the sliding door acting as a shield for the SD Card’s metal contacts. Hacking the drive itself ...

Google’s Play store may have plenty of games to offer, but one avid hacker managed to scratch his retro itch by getting old DOS games to run on the new Nexus 7 tablet. Instead of using a hard ...

OK, so I have a powerbook and I need to get a file from a machine with a floppy disk onto this one. the machine is a maybe 5 year old compaq laptop wich I cannot add to. I have an offce which will ...

Ever been nostalgic for the majesty of 1.44MB floppy disks, but wished they came with 91,000x the storage capacity? One capable modder has heard your cry. Behold: The 128GB floppy disk.

There's something uniquely satisfying about the CLICK of putting a 3.5-inch floppy disk in the drive, and it's a shame you don't get to enjoy it anymore. That is, unless you are Dr. Moddnstine and ...

New and Noteworthy: Floppy is dead; iPod press' large impact; OS X and Windows compatibility ...