Among the many facets of modern technology, few have evolved faster or more radically than the computer. In less than a century its very nature has changed significantly: today’s smartphones easily ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

Every day, you click and tap on devices, most likely using the internet to answer questions you have, stay up to date with current events and stay connected with people in the world around you. The ...

While most historical accounts of the development of computer design focus on specific computers or manufacturers, examining the success stories of hardware and operating systems, Delete: A Design ...

Sixty-five years ago, 10 computer scientists convened in Dartmouth, NH, for a workshop on artificial intelligence, defined a year earlier in the proposal for the workshop as “making a machine behave ...

The history of computer science, the internet, and the modern software industry is populated by a cast of characters that is largely White, middle-aged men. Leafing through Walter Isaacson’s excellent ...

Many people know Philadelphia is home to the world’s first all-electronic, programmable computer. The ENIAC — for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer — was developed at the University of ...

The first program serves as a basic introduction to computers. Dr. Richard C. Hamming, research mathematician at Bell Telephone Laboratories, discusses the computer revolution – “speed, cost and ...