The history of computers goes back over 200 years. At first theorized by mathematicians and entrepreneurs, during the 19th century mechanical calculating machines were designed and built to solve the ...

Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th ...

The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

In a 1987 article in the Times Book Review, Robert Solow, a Nobel-winning economist at M.I.T., commented, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” Despite massive ...