We're celebrating our 30th birthday all week with a series of stories about the history of PC gaming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in California. But the full story was not that simple. For ...

For the personal computer industry, 1984 was a wild ride, dominated by a handful of startups run by young people with big ideas. The year began with a bang when 28-year-old Steve Jobs introduced the ...

C. 2500 BCE: Sumerian abacus -- c. 700 BC: Scytale -- c. 150: Antikythera mechanism -- c. 60: Programmable robot -- c. 850: "On Deciphering Cryptographic Messages ...