The Computer History Museum, based in Mountain View, California, looks like a fine way to spend an afternoon for anyone ...

Programming began as a way to give simple instructions to machines that barely worked. Over decades, it evolved through punch ...

If you are interested in historical big computers, you probably think of IBM, with maybe a little thought of Sperry Rand or, if you go smaller, HP, DEC, and companies like Data General. But you ...

Programming didn’t begin with laptops or apps. It started with mechanical machines, punched cards, and handwritten logic.

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, and if not, at least a program ...

Spices are as old as humankind itself! They have led to the creation and loss of empires. Even new continents were discovered because of spices. There are numerous spices mentioned in the Bible, such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Netflix first appeared in the late nineties, it was a small idea with a big dream. Long before it became a streaming giant, ...

If you’re a fan of the best folding phones like me, you’ll know it’s been a breakout year for the category. The new Galaxy Z Fold 7 caps a year of multiple releases that have all vied to solve the ...

Through the looking glass: In early 1995, IBM sent shockwaves through the laptop industry with the introduction of the ThinkPad 701, a device that appeared to be just another unassuming black ...

The history of tariffs in America is a long one. In fact, tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since the early days of the Republic. The first tariff legislation was introduced by James ...

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...