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40 ways we still use floppy disks - 0 views

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  • 40 ways we still use floppy disks
  • In the aviation industry they are still used to update firmware on ticket printers.Dre, Germany
  • I work for a national high-street based business. We still use floppies in many sites for back-ups. Believe it or not we are still running MS-DOS on most of our till systems. We get through hundreds if not into the thousands each year.
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  • A huge number of CNC [computer numerical control] machines for metalworking and manufacture use floppies because their instruction sets are small enough to fit on the disks. In these areas a floppy is far hardier than a CD or even a USB pen-drive. Peter M, Wirral, UK
  • Believe it or not, most if not all ATM (cashpoint) programming is installed direct to the machine from a floppy disk. With all of the ATMs available in just the UK with many additional copies made to support each machine in a region... this could amount to a huge stockpile of disks hanging around for each bank and/or private ATM manufacturer.Steve, Northampton
  • I still buy and use floppies for my electronic organ and some older synthesizers. Many professional keyboardists still own older synthesizers for their unique design and sheer power.Nick Chan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • In the automotive industry in the US many plastic parts are made in machines that are 20-30 years old. I go through floppies fairly regularly because we'll need to access a robot or punch press or milling machine or something else that has no other form of external media access. Kyle, Georgia
  • As a blind computer technician and computer enthusiast I find floppy disks essential. I have developed a lot of small batch utilities and use floppy disks as I can more easily tell if the disk is loading up, for instance the click and hum of the drive is something I can hear and by its sounds, I know what is happening.Ibrahim Gucukoglu, Peterborough UK
  • As a telecoms engineer, I have to add that there is still some test equipment out there that logs data only to floppy disks. The disks are such a pain to work with, but it's not like you can throw out a $330,000 piece of test equipment because you don't like the way it outputs its data.Erik, Copenhagen
  • here are thousands of DOS-based computers running machinery in the print industry and all the software updates are on floppy disks.Alan Head, Canvey Island ,UK
  • Mark Wood on 28 Jun 11
     
    An intereting and funny article on how Floppy disks are still used today 30.04.10
Mark Wood

BBC News - Tech upstarts reveal the flaws in healthcare IT - 0 views

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IT health systems yr12 yr13 theory 2.8 Factors affecting the use of ICT

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    Interesting article about the flaws in the UK IT healthcare
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IT Systems and government failure - 0 views

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systems yr12 yr13 theory IT news story 3.10 Introducing large ICT systems into organisations 2.8 Factors affecting the use of ICT

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    An interesting article about Government costs on IT and failure of systems implemented.
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Infosecurity - 0 views

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security news stories 2.5 Safety and Security of Data in ICT Systems theory yr12

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    IT security stories/latest news
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Inside Microsoft: Innovation still on the menu - 0 views

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yr12 yr13 theory AS A2 3.1 Emerging Technologies Microsoft 2.3 People and ICT Systems Natural Language Interface HCI

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    An interesting article on how much Microsoft spend on Research and Development. It covers new devices they developing after the success of the Kinect and the pursuit of the Natural Language interface.
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Hex Editor - 0 views

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    Convert any file into its orginal Hex code
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Obama, iPad, and the value of information in 21c democracy (and business) - 0 views

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    Obama comments on the value of information and the distractions it might cause
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Operating System Functions - 0 views

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Operating Systems OS theory yr12 1.7 Software

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    IT is a GCSE resource but some good revision notes on Operating systems
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Katy Perry Firework - A Capella Cover - 0 views

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    An example of maybe something the students could do to create their own music by beat boxing and then creating a Youtube Clip of it (Video Editing)
Mark Wood

GFS Backup Strategy - 1 views

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2.6 Backup and Recovery GFS yr12 theory

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    GFS Backup Strategy
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How to develop an IT training policy - 0 views

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3.5 ICT Policies yr13 theory training

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    A good check list for an ICT training Policy
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Transform Your Marketing - internet statistics - 0 views

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Internet marketing statistics presentation

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  • Mark Wood on 24 Oct 11
     
    Transform Your Marketing - internet statistics presentation
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