What do floppy disks and the cancellation or delay of over a hundred flights at the Newark airport have in common? Well, in an age where we are talking about quantum computing and light-based data ...

Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions. Specifically, it was the 3.5-inch floppy that became a literal icon, one we ...

The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch floppy disk labeled "AIDS Information – Introductory Diskette 2.0 ...

Floppy disks, once the pinnacle of portable data storage, have been obsolete for decades. When I first began writing about hardware and software for PC Home magazine in the UK, I used to hand my ...

In the case of Copy-Lock, Sector 1 on track 6 was intentionally written as only 256 bytes ... you can’t create this disk structure with a standard IBM PC floppy disk controller; you need ...

In the case of Copy-Lock, Sector 1 on track 6 was intentionally written as only 256 bytes ... you can’t create this disk structure with a standard IBM PC floppy disk controller; you need ...

Gen Z may not realize it, but there was once a time when personal computer users relied heavily on floppy disk storage for everything from data retention to gaming. The world has moved on to solid ...

the floppy disk. The drive letters are assigned according to a preference scheme for different kinds of media attached to the computer. These drive letters date back to the time when IBM ruled the ...

Japan has scrapped more than 1,000 procedures and regulations that required the use of floppy disks. The outdated technology had remained widespread and firmly ingrained in a country reluctant to ...

By John Yoon Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Hisako Ueno has used floppy disks extensively. Kiuko Notoya and John Yoon never have. July 5, 2024 Japan scrapped every regulation requiring the use of ...

The Japanese government is finally doing away with 3.5-inch floppy disks, almost two years after it announced its intention to scrap them. “We have won the war on floppy disks,” Taro Kono ...