What failed operating system is the worst? Take a look at some of the worst operating system releases over the last 35 years.

Smartphones are ubiquitous these days, everyone and their cousin have one. However, in the early years of the tech’s ...

Join us for taking a lookback at the very first iPod launched by Apple in 2001. The world's most premium MP3 player has a lasting legacy.

Do you remember the first time you saw a truly breathtaking effect in film? For me, it was seeing the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. I remember as a kid there was a big deal made about the fact that ...

If you had sat down with a musician in 1976 and told them the entire way they approach recording, tracking, and ultimately releasing music would be down to a single device, they’d scoff. The recording ...

Exploring the history of computing and its global impact.

Ph.D. candidate Alan Kay envisions the concept of the DynaBook in 1968. He originally called it the KiddiComp. Kay described the it as “a personal computer for children of all ages.” His proposal ...

Abby has a B.A. in English, and has written short and long fiction, with a published novel, lyrics and poetry. She's also done interviews and pieces on the folk music industry. Besides writing and ...

In 1886 the professor of mathematics at the University of Würzburg, Germany, Eduard Selling (1834-1920) (see biography of Selling) received a patent for a calculating machine with very interesting ...

In the 1860s, Elizur Wright (see the biography of Elizur Wright), an American mathematician and abolitionist, sometimes described as the father of life insurance in the United States, invented his ...