Some things we don't think much about; we just accept them. But have you ever wondered why the hard drive on a Windows system ...

The question of who invented the first computer and when was the computer invented has a complex answer that spans centuries of innovation. Many people assume a single inventor and a specific date, ...

During an era when the typical "small computer" with accessories could easily fill half a room and cost tens of thousands of dollars, an engineer named Ed Roberts (at his firm MITS) designed a desktop ...

Dr Mark Dean: One of the team who 30 years ago designed the IBM 5150, he says PCs are going the way of typewriters, vinyl records and incandescent light bulbs (AP) Back in the late 1950s, the then ...

With the hardware sorted, the burden of developing the operating system was largely outsourced to Microsoft, with IBM offering consumers the joint-venture PC DOS. The final machine was dubbed the IBM ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The last 30 years have been a blur: We went from living in ...

Google's Doodle is celebrating the Antikythera mechanism, which might just be the first computer. But it might not. The mechanism was found in 1902 – exactly 115 years ago – and the discovery changed ...

One of the earliest Apple computers – complete with records of phone calls from Steve Jobs – is going to auction THE finest known example of Apple’s first computer is up for grabs – but it will set ...

Initially IBM wasn’t concerned. While a PC could be mostly replicated with retail parts, the BIOS belonged to IBM, which guaranteed proper IBM compatibility. However, companies such as Award and ...

COMPUTERS are an integral part of our everyday life and it's hard to imagine the world without them. But who when was the first one invented? Here's what we know. The concept of a digital programmable ...