Makers of hard disk drives, under growing pressure from faster rivals, hope a breakthrough will keep it the dominant ...

"These were dual floppy disk computers (possible Tandy 1000s?) running either Windows 1.0 or CP/M," he told On Call. Files written under one OS could not be read when using the other. The supplier of ...

The sandwich was supposedly invented in 1762 when John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, couldn't be bothered to pause his gambling for a proper meal and asked for his meat to be served between bread ...

There are other benefits to Blu-rays, like the fact you truly own your movie collection, and get stunning box art and behind-the-scenes extras that come on the disc. It may not be a very vibrant ...

Phaistos Disc. Credit: C. Messier/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0 The Phaistos Disc, discovered in 1908 in Crete, has long been a subject of intrigue due to its undeciphered symbols arranged in a ...

"We described them as 'never growing up' because they have maintained their primordial disk long after the expected time frame for primordial disks to have dissipated." Planet formation around low ...

A 19th century drawing depicts an early modern birthday party, likely for a child from a wealthy family. (Image credit: Alamy) History of modern birthday parties The modern Western birthday ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," by New Yorker articles editor Susan Morrison (to be published ...

In the New Jersey parking lot where high school students invented Ultimate Frisbee nearly 60 years ago, some of the original players are still throwing the disc every week. By David Waldstein On ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day, which falls yearly on Feb. 14. However, the claim that greeting card companies created Valentine's Day is ...

For many of us the passing of the floppy disk is unlamented, but there remains a corps of experimenters for whom the classic removable storage format still holds some fascination. The interface ...

Due to the limitations of Floppy Disks, Hard Drives were invented later on. The first hard drive offered an extensive storage space to the users as compared to the Floppy Disks. Since the first ...