We're celebrating our 30th birthday all week with a series of stories about the history of PC gaming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in California. But the full story was not that simple. For ...

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 ...

Mark Wilson, “Untitled Gray Ground & Untitled Light Gray Ground” (1973) (click to enlarge) Personal computing may have begun in the 1980s but the history of computer art started much earlier during a ...

For the personal computer industry, 1984 was a wild ride, dominated by a handful of startups run by young people with big ideas. The year began with a bang when 28-year-old Steve Jobs introduced the ...

The humble personal computer has been a part of our lives, directly or indirectly, for nearly five decades, but its most significant transformations have transpired over the last thirty years. During ...

Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Computer History Museum long cheered the developments around it. Now, it’s taking a more nuanced approach. Credit...By Loren Elliott For The New York Times ...