The United States nuclear program still relies on computer systems that use 8-inch floppy disks, technology that went obsolete nearly 40 years ago, according to a report issued by the government’s ...

Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date.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 ...

While even children are on the fast track of the digital revolution, there’s one extremely important corner of the U.S. that’s stuck somewhere in the 1970s — the U.S. Department of Defense. A new ...

Years after computer floppy disks went the way of the dodo for most users, the U.S. Air Force still employed 8-inch floppy disks for a few things — like passing on orders to launch the nation’s ...

To anyone born after 1995, the floppy disk is better known as that thing that resembles the "save" icon. To the Pentagon, it's the gizmo that controls America's nukes. A report from the Government ...

ATLANTA – When Michael McCreary bought three new computers for his company, he had no need for one of the oldest and most common computer technologies, the floppy disk drive. But like many computer ...

The German Navy is working on modernizing its Brandenburg-class F123 frigates, which means ending their reliance on 8-inch floppy disks. Earlier this month, Augen geradeaus! spotted a tender for ...

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a startling report on the state of the government's information technology infrastructure on Wednesday. According to the report, the ...

What just happened? The US is rightly regarded as a world leader when it comes to military technology and power, so it always seemed strange that the nation still used 1970's IBM Series-1 computers - ...

This week saw CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl with a look of surprise on her face after discovering that part of the computer system for Minuteman III requires data from an 8-inch floppy ...