You can forget about the IBM Personal Computer and drop all the pretense about the 1984 Apple Macintosh. When it comes to which personal computer is the most influential of all time, there can only be ...

"I don't need the money, I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't really intellectually interesting for me." Jim Scapa, founder and chief executive of software maker Altair Engineering, was explaining ...

1974: The Altair 8800 microcomputer goes on sale. It doesn't offer much, but it's the small start of a big trend toward small things. A small New Mexico company — with the big name of Micro ...

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It all started with two kids who shared a geeky hobby. Growing up in Seattle, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen were obsessed with an emerging industry called computing. As teenagers, they ...

You’d be forgiven if you thought software defined radio (SDR) was a relatively recent discovery. After all, few outside of the hardcore amateur radio circles were even familiar with the concept until ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a cathode ray tube monitor ...

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox became household... Microsoft turns 50: A look back at everything from the ...