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 ...

[GloriousCow] has started working on a series of investigations into the various historical floppy disk copy protection schemes used in the early days of the IBM PC and is here with the first of ...

It was only a couple of decades ago that schools were filled with floppy disks, overhead projectors and cassette players. So it's testament to how quickly technology has changed that today's young ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

SDI Productions / Getty Images To open a certificate of deposit (CD), you must choose the type of CD you want, choose a bank or credit union to buy the CD from, and then submit an application for ...

Floppy disks were first developed in the early 1970s as 8-inch (approximately 200 mm) disks, with smaller 5.25-inch (approximately 130 mm) disks appearing in 1976.

The archaic floppy disk apparently isn't as obsolete as we thought in the US. While they're a relic of another time, at least one industry is still interested in the storage devices, according to ...

Floppy disks enabled anyone to create and sell programs ... which launched in 1980, won't start up each morning unless its ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a ...

To help you out, here’s everything you need to know about how to start a checking account ... savings and certificate of deposit (CD) accounts—are eligible for FDIC insurance.