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Obsolete Technology Makes Non-readable Photos, Files

It makes perfect sense that photos saved on floppy disks once inserted into a hard drive would one day become non-readable as the technology becomes obsolete. I guess not to all. Vinton Cerf felt it necessary to warn computer users that their most treasured photographs could become lost in history if not printed or reformatted to more recent versions of the software. Cert, Google's chief internet evangelist, warned attendees while speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose.

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