The code cracking machines of the 1940’s are often referred to as the first computers, but they could not have been developed without the intricate machines that predated them by almost a hundred ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

Supercomputer poses as 13-year-old boy, becomes first ever to pass Turing Test. June 9, 2014— -- Like many 13-year-old boys, Eugene Goostman claims to be a know-it-all. The one thing that ...

A rare, operational Apple-1 Computer was recently put up for auction, and it ended up selling for $375,000. The Apple-1 was the first computer sold by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, ...

In that spirit, we asked several Computerworld editors to share stories of their first PCs. While most of us joined the ranks of PC owners during the ’80s, one editor didn’t buy his first computer ...

The first piece of technology that I could call my own was a 13-inch Acer Chromebook. I won it in a raffle at the school fair during fifth grade. The fair had raffles every year, but the prizes were ...

The invention of the computer is often articulated like a three-act play: the idea of the computer arrives, then there is the process of how to make the computer and, finally, there is the creation.

In March 1975, The Eagles' Best of My Love, was the number one song, the top box office movie was The Godfather Part II, and All in the Family was the most popular TV show. However, I was most excited ...

An Apple computer from 1976 that was created by Steve Jobs is about to be available to buy in an auction on September 12 in New York City at Christie's. The computer, the Apple I, was designed by ...

"That the increase in productivity the computer age would bring would also result in tremendous amounts of leisure time for ...