This book covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

STANFORD, California — Scholars in the U.S., Taiwan and China are buzzing about the discovery of an old typewriter, because the long-lost machine is part of the origin story of modern Chinese ...

Humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, smartphones, smart home devices, and even something as mundane as a TV remote or a coffee machine all share a quiet commonality. At the heart of most of this ...

Excerpted from Beyond Eureka! The Rocky Roads to Innovating by Marylene Delbourg-Delphis, with a foreword by Guy Kawasaki (Georgetown University Press). Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace (1815–52), ...

In case you missed it, Apple just turned fifty, and the company has made an indelible impression on the modern computer landscape. Whatever your thoughts on the Mac versus Windows debate, the two ...