In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi is a must-read for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone interested in understanding the technology that is embedded in ...

Inspired by A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi. But the selection of key events in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data, is mine. This ...

For more than 50 years, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has been one of the world’s most influential companies, now a titan in software (Microsoft 365), cloud computing (Microsoft Azure), and AI ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s a computer, a monitor, an internet communicator, and one of the most iconic lines of tech in history. But ...

The history of computer science, the internet, and the modern software industry is populated by a cast of characters that is largely White, middle-aged men. Leafing through Walter Isaacson’s excellent ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I’m a Solitaire junkie and have a wonderful game on my Windows 7 laptop. However, this 11 year old laptop is ...