Way back at Morristown High School, around '69, we got an old IBM 1620. It was focused on scientific computation, in contrast to the 1133. Lots of blinking lights and code that allowed very primitive ...

The first piece of technology that I could call my own was a 13-inch Acer Chromebook. I won it in a raffle at the school fair during fifth grade. The fair had raffles every year, but the prizes were ...

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I've finally taken the plunge on building my own computer from scratch. I've done several amounts of upgrading my hardware but i've never built a computer from scratch.<P>The reason for this post is ...

Quick — what was the first personal computer you ever owned? You don’t have to think about it for even a second, do you? No matter how many machines you’ve had over the years, you always remember your ...

a 3-petahertz PC in your future? CNET News.com explores the Web. Punched paper tape was the main form of data input, and the operator console was an electric typewriter. No screens, no cursor. The CPU ...