The personal computer industry began in 1977, when Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack ...

In January 1973, IBM engineer Paul Friedl, PhD (CIT '55; GRS '57, '60, chemical engineering), brought his managers a bold idea: create a portable computer for personal use—a revolutionary concept in ...

Although the graphical user interface (GUI) owes its existence to the contribution of many great minds in the history of technology, Apple was first to market with a personal computer that ...

Microsoft introduces its earliest version of Office, which bundled its Word, Excel and PowerPoint products. The strategy was ...

That's the voice of a computer. Bootstrap memory capacity options, partial word transfer, cascading index addressing, nanosecond scratchpad storage, core memory write-protection. And that's the ...

The PC turbo button and LED clock speed display were common features on early personal computers. Wanting to add a little retro chic to his modern battle-station, [Matthew Frost] assembled a ...

In 1974, calculators were the hot item in consumer electronics. A little calculator company in Albuquerque was stuggling to compete, but a price war threatened to bankrupt it. Its owner, research ...

Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Traf-O-Data in 1971 to sell their computer traffic-analysis systems. 1972: Gary Kildall writes PL/M, the first high-level programming language for the Intel ...