John Markoff Steve Lohr of the New York Times has a good piece on an interesting product that you and I won’t be buying: IBM’s new mainframe computer, which Big Blue announced today. The story ...

The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close to the hardware and ...

For decades, technology has provided our world with great innovation. Whilst rapid change in our industry is nothing new, we are currently witnessing an unprecedented phenomenon as four technologies – ...

One of the world’s oldest electronic computers has been restored to working order by two enthusiasts working in a barn near Bethersden. The International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) 1301 mainframe ...

Big Blue is set to announce upgrades to its mainframe computer, refreshing a high-end server line many had given up as extinct. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

IBM's fourth-quarter net income dropped 11 percent as revenue in most categories continued to decline, and its outlook for the year disappointed investors. NASA has just powered down its last ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the technology that changed computing forever and remains at the heart of business, science, government and academia today: the mainframe computer. From ...

This light-sensing pointing device, called a "light gun," was used with the Whirlwind computer. It has an "L" shaped cylindrical body of aluminum with a gray hammertone finish. There is a micro switch ...