At a small local chapter meeting of a professional society, Gordon Moore's talk laid out the rudiments of what would become ...

(The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA) The home of the largest collection of computer artifacts in the world, which includes thousands of hardware components, images, films and videos.

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

The history of computers is not just an intriguing account of amazing innovations. More importantly, it is the story of the people who helped us get there. These stories teach us lessons that go far ...

The 40-year history of Macintosh computers is a roller coaster of ages golden and dark. Anything that lasts so long in the forefront of technology has to change to stay relevant. This once-plucky ...

A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi is a must-read for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone interested in understanding the technology that is embedded in ...

Have you ever wondered where PCs and all their derivatives came from? If not, I am going to tell you anyway, at least my version of it. Of course, the source was the development of the microprocessor ...

Computers, processors, memories and transmission equipment are devices or machines. All these machines, as configured systems, have a documented history of addressing concrete technical problems that ...

After all, that was the issue with a cover story that–editorial director Arthur Salzburg declared in his editorial–ushered in the home computer age. He was being portentous. But history also happens ...