Although we might all fundamentally recognize that gaming consoles are just specialized computers, we generally treat them, ...

Computerworld editors share stories of their first PCs, including some classics and some real clunkers. Then we turn the tables and ask readers to share their early-PC tales.

What was the first home computer? The Altair was the first mass-marketed personal computer. Made in 1974, it used Intel's ...

The original MSX computer debuted in 1983, the product of a joint venture between Microsoft and Japanese company, ASCII Corporation.The MSX was envisioned to establish a global standard for home ...

During WWII, a top-secret project to build the first programmable digital computer was underway at the University of Pennsylvania. The U.S. Army was looking for a faster way to run complicated ...

LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.

Here’s the 50-year-old Microsoft source code that inspired the first Apple computer To celebrate Microsoft's 50th anniversary, you can download a piece of PC history. By Roman Loyola ...

But if you really try to put that out of your mind, this computer singing for the first time in 1961 is surprisingly adorable. The first computer to ever sing a song—or as we might call it today ...

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum+2 was the first home computer released by Amstrad after buying up Sinclair. It’s basically a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128, but with a proper keyboard and a built-in tape drive.

Nostalgic Atari fans can add the Atari 400 Mini to their collection for only $97.19 for a limited time. This is the lowest price yet for the recreation of the 1979 8-bit home computer that ...

One of the first jobs would be for the state to fund, out of its $500 million commitment, a $200 million cryogenic plant to create liquid helium to cool the computer to nearly absolute zero, deep ...

The computer ENIAC with two operators. ENIAC is the world's first electronic computer. As a stand-alone device, it didn't support networking, although it facilitated a network of humans who used ...