The history of computers goes back over 200 years. At first theorized by mathematicians and entrepreneurs, during the 19th century mechanical calculating machines were designed and built to solve the ...

The Computer History Museum just launched OpenCHM, which digitizes its entire collection for public view and use.

Throughout the history of computers, one aspect has plagued and restricted its growth more than any other: permanent storage. From the very first computers that used punched cards and tape for input ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerebras Systems, the pioneer in accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) compute, and the Computer History Museum (CHM), the leading ...

The history of computers in education has been variously characterized as an "accidental revolution" or "unthinking man and his thinking machines." Others have said that the computer revolution has ...

However, once you read this, the fact that you read it is now history, too. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Like many, I’ve repeated George Santayana’s quotes, but ...