In this engaging #shorts video, we explore the intriguing story behind the classic floppy disk and its potential for revival ... Discover innovative ideas, surprising facts, and nostalgic memories as ...

The save icon in many contemporary software applications resembles a 3.5-inch floppy disk. However, a generation before that, the 8-inch floppy was the icon of data storage.

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk. Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as ...

The game has a number of floppy-disk-specific features compared to the arcade classic, though. First, there’s no mallet, so the player must push the floppy disks into the drive manually. Second ...

News Newark airport uses floppy discs for air traffic control and more terrifying facts about FAA’s crumbling system Updated: May. 11, 2025, 3:11 p.m. | Published: May. 11, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off. Although from a ...

It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

Why the floppy disk just won’t die A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppies.

Floppy disks may not be seeing a revival like vinyl records, but they’re still in demand by hobbyists and manufacturers—medical, aviation, embroidery—that created long-lived machines during the heyday ...

While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstra… ...