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Articles 1-76 out of 76 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Will floppy drives become extinct? (Up front: news, trends & analysis). Swartz, Nikki Brief Article May 1, 2003 175 Imation Introduces PC Compatible, Color-Customizable USB Floppy Drive. Oct 16, 2000 541 Two more security breaches reported at Los Alamos lab. Jackson, Robert L. Jun 25, 2000 455 Imation Launches Light, Portable USB Floppy Drive for Macintosh. Jun 20, 2000 475 ei Corp launches new digital storage product. Brief Article Jun 19, 2000 112 Imation Offers New Slimmer, Faster Internal SuperDisk Drives for Resellers. Jun 12, 2000 440 Caleb Technology Unleashes ``Monster''; Company's Advanced Portable Media Device Hits Market. Mar 27, 2000 440 Imation Special Offer for Educators: Buy Five Superdisk Drives and Get a Sixth Drive Free. Jan 5, 2000 432 Imation Ships One-Millionth SuperDisk USB Drive For Macintosh. Jan 5, 2000 505 HOOKING 2 WEBCAMS TO A REMOTE COMPUTER. Dec 12, 1999 852 Toshiba Faces $1bn Costs for "Faulty" Floppy Controllers. Nov 1, 1999 442 Optical and Removable Disk Drives: Computer Growth Markets Attract a Diverse Group of Disk Drives, Including Both Winners and Losers. Jul 28, 1999 1206 Imation Launches 2-Pack Of Macintosh-formatted SuperDisk Diskettes; Smaller Pack Size Gives Mac Users More Choices. Jul 20, 1999 170 Imation Launches Faster, Sleeker SuperDisk Drives At PC Expo. Jun 21, 1999 715 DataZONE Announces an Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Matsubo Company, LTD. Jun 7, 1999 349 Carol Vorderman's Internet column: Time & The Mirror help you find the right PC. Jan 21, 1999 314 DOES SAMSUMG HAVE THE ELUSIVE REPLACEMENT FLOPPY? Nov 16, 1998 310 Winstation and Mitsubishi Introduce MediaPak, a Single-Unit SuperDisk LS-120 and CD-ROM Drive; New Combination Disk Drive Fulfills Customer Demand for Smaller Footprints. Oct 19, 1998 759 Mitsubishi's SuperDisk Drive Offered by VST Technologies for IBM ThinkPad 770 and Apple PowerBook G3 Notebooks; SuperDisk Continues Infiltration of Notebook Market. Oct 19, 1998 625 Sony Announces External High Capacity Floppy Disk Drive and Media. Oct 7, 1998 697 Mitsubishi's SuperDisk Chosen as Standard Floppy Drive for Select High-End NEC Ready Desktops. Article Aug 24, 1998 828 FLOPPY DISKS: DON'T WRITE THEM OFF YET, COMPUTER USERS SAY. Aug 20, 1998 624 SOME SOLID ARGUMENTS FOR FLOPPY DISKETTES. Aug 2, 1998 705 Mitsubishi Adds SuperDisk Floppy Drive for Desktop Computers to List of Microsoft PC 97 Certified Products. Article Jun 16, 1998 661 SuperDisk Drives Now Available in Compaq Armada Notebooks. Apr 2, 1998 478 Fischer International Systems and Toshiba Form New Company, Strategic Partnership. Mar 2, 1998 872 Phoenix Technologies' USB Solution Facilitates Rapid Development of Portable Floppy Disk Drive in Partnership with Sharp and TEAC. Feb 25, 1998 1003 Mitsubishi Teams with Winstation to Deliver SuperDisk SLS-120 Drive for Workstations and Macs. Nov 10, 1997 764 Caleb Technology Corp.'s Ultra High Density Floppy Disk Drive to Include Adaptec's DMC Chipset. Nov 3, 1997 412 Ultra-high Density Floppy Disk Drive Announced by Caleb Technology Corp. Oct 16, 1997 354 OR Technology Consolidates Operations To Accelerate Development Of 12.7mm LS-120 Floppy Disk Drive. Oct 15, 1997 576 Twinhead Corp. Now Offers OR Technology's 120MB Floppy Disk Drive as Optional Equipment in Notebook Computers. Oct 14, 1997 598 O.R. Technology's a:drive Now Available Direct From Insight and Multiple Zones. Sep 29, 1997 732 TECH REVIEWS SUPERDISK PACKS IN MORE BACKUP DATA THAN BEFORE. Sep 28, 1997 721 OR Technology's a:drive Now Offered in Everex Desktop Computers, Workstations and Servers; Support for LS-120 Technology Grows Among OEM Manufacturers. Aug 26, 1997 725 Iomega and NEC sign license agreement to Zip drive technology. May 15, 1997 594 OR Technology and Precision Instruments offer first retail a:drive 120MB floppy disk drive upgrade kit through CompUSA; special Compaq Presario promotion offers free installation or $50 rebate. Apr 29, 1997 948 Micropolis announces new Mustang enhanced IDE and Stinger ultra SCSI hard disk drives. Apr 10, 1997 1082 Apple Computer to include Iomega Zip drive as standard in new Power Macintosh computers. Apr 4, 1997 706 Iomega Internal ATAPI Zip Drive Significantly Furthers Emerging Zip Standard. Mar 14, 1997 770 Iomega Zip Drive Shipments Reach Five Million. Mar 14, 1997 678 Slim-line 120MB floppy disk drive debuts at CeBIT '97; high capacity, high-performance a:drive targets portable computers. Mar 13, 1997 474 Mitsubishi Announces New Slimline LS-120 Floppy Drives for Notebook Personal Computers; Mitsubishi's new 12.7-mm LS-120 drives designed to replace existing notebook PC floppy drives. Mar 13, 1997 665 The nonwoven floppy disk liner market in Japan. Ohmura, Kin Industry Overview Mar 1, 1997 697 Siemens Nixdorf and Fujitsu ICL Adopt LS-120 Technology, Announce Plans to Market Computers With LS-120 Drives. Feb 7, 1997 755 SUPPORT FOR LS-120 TECHNOLOGY STRENGTHENS AS MITSUBISHI ANNOUNCES HIGH-VOLUME DRIVE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. Jan 28, 1997 651 Samsung Semiconductor Drives SSFDC Standard with the Introduction of 2-Megabyte and 4-Megabyte Floppy Disk Cards. Jan 27, 1997 828 OR Technology announces distribution agreement with Tech Data; Tech Data to distribute OR Technology's products throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Jan 15, 1997 517 Comdex news alert: TDK to offer microfloppy disk replication services. Nov 15, 1996 357 LS-120 DISKETTE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED BY BIOS FROM AMERICAN MEGATRENDS. Nov 13, 1996 527 AMIBIOS 97 Provides Complete Support for LS-120 Diskette Technology. Nov 13, 1996 483 Swan announces floppy disk drive with capacity, performance of hard drive. Nov 11, 1996 286 OR Technology finalizes manufacturing agreement with Kaifa Group. Oct 17, 1996 651 OR Technology and Ingram Micro enter distribution agreement. Oct 7, 1996 514 Shipment of Iomega Zip Drives Passes 3 Million Mark. Oct 1, 1996 471 Iomega internal Zip drive to be fully bootable as drive A:. Sep 19, 1996 796 OR Technology's a:drive is first to comply with Phoenix Technologies' new ATAPI standard; 120MB bootable floppy disk drive is available now. Sep 19, 1996 450 Swan, Mitsumi Agree to Settle Lawsuit; long-term agreement sparks new floppy standard. Sep 9, 1996 370 OR Technology and Promise announce joint 120MB floppy disk, controller solution; FloppyMAX, a:drive offer universal LS-120 upgrade on any bus. Sep 3, 1996 558 Fujitsu Triples Magneto-Optical Storage Capacity With New 3.5-inch 640MB MO Drive for Macintosh; Contains Over-write Technology Increasing Performance By 33 Percent. Aug 7, 1996 763 LS-120 DRIVES NOW STANDARD IN MORE COMPAQ COMPUTER MODELS; More Support for High-Capacity Diskette Technology. Jul 22, 1996 383 OR Technology expands Colorado-based operation for worldwide product launch. Jul 9, 1996 413 FORUM PROMOTION LAUNCHED IN NORTH AMERICA TO ADVOCATE SOLID STATE FLOPPY DISK CARD STANDARD; Industry Leaders Come Together to Support Simple Structure, Low Cost Storage Media. Jun 25, 1996 612 North American marketing arm of solid state floppy disk card forum announces total system standard; Data format specification, software, controllers and connectors provide complete small form factor storage solution. Jun 25, 1996 577 Flexible Disk Drive Market is Still Alive and Well, According to Dataquest; New Dataquest Study Forecasts Continued Growth Through the Decade. Jun 3, 1996 515 DISKLESS IN SEATTLE? Feb 5, 1996 141 Back it up ... or else; protect your files now with a disaster-prevention plan. Lloyd, Fonda Marie Buyers Guide Feb 1, 1996 712 Toshiba develops unique data storage medium for small form factor applications; combines versatility of floppy disks with the functionality of flash memory. Nov 13, 1995 606 Avatar Transfers Manufacturing to Thailand to Meet Strong OEM Demand for Q1 '96. Nov 10, 1995 404 Sharp and National Semiconductor join forces to make MiniDisc Data drives a new standard for PC and consumer applications; significant cost and performance improvements yield a 140 Mbyte alternative to floppy disk drives. Nov 1, 1995 1354 New generation of disk drives expands markets for removable data storage. Sep 12, 1995 1410 Fujitsu Introduces World's Smallest Magneto-Optical Storage Drive; Gives Portable Users 160 Times the Capacity of Floppy Disks in Compact Package. Jul 10, 1995 881 Floppy drive sales revenues in downward trend despite continuing shipment increases for 3.5 inch drives. Nov 30, 1994 1033 Epson introduces new DYO(TM) drive; combines PCMCIA and floppy disk drive. Nov 21, 1994 619 EPSON OEM introduces packaged floppy disk drives; targets commercial distribution. Nov 14, 1994 393 Cost of components. Sep 1, 1989 519