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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The startup Deta wants to bring back software ownership and personal privacy without losing all the things that ...

Researchers aim to rebuild computer, but first they need the parts. The EDSAC computer (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer) circa 1949. SSPL via Getty Images — -- A missing part to one ...

Computer scientist Alan Kay who pioneered the personal computer has listed his Los Angeles home of 30 years for $7 million. Alan Kay, who’s been referred to as one of the “fathers of the personal ...

To celebrate the 40th birthday of the Apple Lisa computer, the Computer History Museum (CHM) has released the source code for the first graphical user interface computer. The CHM has gained Apple's ...

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