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 ...

The Virtual OS Museum offers over 1,700 installations of 600+ operating systems, curated by developer Andrew Warkentin since ...

Developer Andrew Warkentin has released The Virtual OS Museum, a Linux VM that boots over 1,700 pre-installed operating ...

History of quantum computing: 12 key moments that shaped the future of computers Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few ...

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 ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

As one of the world’s most valuable companies, Microsoft has been a trailblazer in computer software, cloud computing, and AI, but it faced scandals and infighting along the way. Here’s how it all ...

What comes to mind when you look back at the history of Windows? Is it the iconic logos, the ever-changing Start menus, or maybe the introduction of Live Tiles? The story of Microsoft’s flagship ...