The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at ...

In 1994, the Silicon Valley Engineering Council inducted Friedl into its Hall of Fame, calling him the "chief architect and inventor of the world's first personal computer." Friedl, who died in March ...

You might think your computer is old, but that's nothing compared to these ancient relics. Two of the world's very first personal computers have been discovered during a house clearance in London.

This is the chip that launched the personal computer revolution. This is the magazine that announced it. In January 1975 featured on the cover was the world's first personal computer the Altair 8800.

Ada Lovelace may not be a household name like Steve Jobs but she is possibly the first computer programmer ... in the way that it is in our modern world. Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the ...

In the mid 1970s, two programmer-engineers set up a new computer manufacturing company called Apple and in 1977 introduced the world's first personal computer. Further developments in the late 70s ...

What kind of computer could you build in 1967? Well, if you were reading Wireless World (a UK magazine) and had a good bit of spare cash, you could build [Brian Crank’s] Wireless World Computer.