As far as desktop microcomputers for mere mortals went in the first half of the 1980s, there was a sharp distinction between ...

However you make a digital computer, you need something to represent a binary digit. Usually this is some form of switch: a relay, a tube, or a transistor, although there have been other ways to ...

As Silicon Valley invents the artificial-intelligence future, a growing community of hobbyists is preserving the classic computers that helped launch the digital revolution ...

For years, narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles. The theory claimed that, under ...

Kids taking part in the Clinton Historical Society’s summer camp program explored new technology and local history at the ...

Magic: The Gathering always felt too intimidating to break into. But after vibe coding a post-match coaching tool with GPT-5.6, I climbed all the way to 1,365th in Mythic rank.

I was saddened to learn of the passing last week of John C. Dvorak, one of the most interesting computer journalists whom I ever had the pleasure (and sometimes pain) of editing. John was a mainstay ...

Remembering John C. Dvorak, a Passionate Chronicler of PC History As John's editor at InfoWorld and PC Magazine, I had a front-row seat to his cantankerous and often hilarious views on technology.

In the era when computers were still called "electronic calculators" and belonged only to certain government agencies and massive corporations, programming was a task entirely different from what it ...

Download LastActivityView Windows to explore recent PC activity, opened files, logons, shutdowns, and system events in a clear Windows utility. Choose LastActivityView portable for quick checks, ...