Traces physics professor John Vincent Atanasoff's role in the invention of the computer, describing his innovative construction of an unpatented electronic devi

In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer

Forget Apple and IBM. For that matter forget Silicon Valley. The first personal computer, a self-contained unit with its own programmable processor, display, ke

A biography of inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage.

The life and inventions of Charles Babbage, who, along with numerous other creations, came up with the machine that evolved into today's computer.