Among the many facets of modern technology, few have evolved faster or more radically than the computer. In less than a century its very nature has changed significantly: today’s smartphones easily ...

A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi is a must-read for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone interested in understanding the technology that is embedded in ...

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 historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze how people lived centuries ago. It’s an evening in 1531, in the city of Venice. In a printer’s workshop, an apprentice labors over the ...

Introduction: Pictures, Art and History -- Pictures and Reality -- Making Marks -- Shadows and Deception -- Picturing Time and Space -- Brunelleschi's Mirror and Alberti's window -- Mirrors and ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW — After being closed for two years because of the pandemic, the Computer History Museum reopened Saturday, and visitors could once again let their inner nerd geek out as they explore the ...