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 ...

(WDBJ) - On this day, 44 years ago, IBM introduced its first personal computer: the model 5150. The computer cost around $1500. It came with only two programs, one for spreadsheets and another for ...

Researchers aim to rebuild computer, but first they need the parts. The EDSAC computer (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer) circa 1949. SSPL via Getty Images — -- A missing part to one ...

LIVERMORE, California (Reuters) - In the first purchase of his collection, Sellam Ismail loaded the trunk of his car with old computers he stumbled upon at a flea market for $5 (2.5 pounds) apiece.

In the annals of computer history, few names are as venerated as IBM. The company, eventually known as International Business Machines, remained on the bleeding edge of computer technology for decades ...

When you think about the dawn of modern computers, you often think about the work done in the UK and the US. But Australia had an early computer scene, too, and [State of Electronics] has done a ...

At The BYTE Shop in Jamaica Plain, there are several neat rows of old computers prominently on display. They caught the eye of Peter Ashbourne and his young grandson, Teddy, during their walk one ...

On May 7, 1981, influential physicist Richard Feynman gave a keynote speech at Caltech. Feynman opened his talk by politely rejecting the very notion of a keynote speech, instead saying that he had ...