The increasing complexity of computing is rarely considered a negative thanks to the power it puts at our fingertips, but one hardware hacker has decided to return to a simpler era by building his own ...

WATCH: Computer collector John Honniball shows Ellie Gibson how to recreate an 8-bit PC Chances are that you are reading this article on a computer screen. Most would agree that a modern 32 or 64 bit ...

There are a lot of ways to count, but when it comes to computers there is only binary: 0 and 1. Each one is a considered a "bit." That means for 1-bit computing, you get two possible values; 2-bit ...

Long before electricity was a common household utility, humanity had been building machines to do many tasks that we’d now just strap a motor or set of batteries onto and think nothing of it.

If you're a member of this or any other technology-based forum, odds are that you've noticed the several versions of Microsoft's latest offering, Windows Vista. If you haven't, well... please come out ...

One of the big decisions IBM made in creating the original IBM PC was choosing to use the Intel 8088 processor as its central processing unit (CPU). This turned out to be hugely influential in ...

I'm sure some of you will think it's insane to want to go backwards with technology, but retro gaming fans and supporters of old computing hardware will definitely disagree. GoPiGo: Turn Your ...

Half a century after the microprocessor was conceived, Ellie Gibson has recreated one of the first computers that incorporated the technology. With the help of classic computer collector John ...

Chances are that you are reading this article on a computer screen. Most would agree that a modern 32 or 64 bit machine is a pretty complicated piece of equipment. While it is easy to buy the parts of ...