In the era of floppy disks and early operating systems like CP/M and MS-DOS, A: and B: were reserved for floppy disk drives, ...

From the screech of dial-up modems to the whirring of floppy disks, these iconic computer sounds take us on a journey back in time.

In my pre-teen and teenage years, there were few things that made me happier than going on adventures to other worlds. I carried around the “portals” to those worlds in a clear plastic box full of ...

Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date.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

PC World is to stop selling floppy disks once current stock has run out. The computing retailer claims the amount of data (1.44MB) a floppy disk holds is no longer adequate for most day-to-day ...

WASHINGTON — The government is squandering its technology budget maintaining museum-ready computer systems in critical areas from nuclear weapons to Social Security. They're still using floppy disks ...

A new government report paints a disquieting picture of the computer systems used to run the United States. The 87-page report, which the Government Accountability Office (GAO) gave the scolding title ...

When Mark Necaise got down to his last four floppy disks at a rodeo in Mississippi in February, he started to worry. Necaise travels to horse shows around the state, offering custom embroidery on ...

Maj. Tom Perry, 320th Missile Squadron missile combat crew member, checks his computer while on alert at the launch control center Aug. 21, 2015. Missileers use computers to check the status of the ...