Progress in computer chess on mainframes continued to advance steadily in the 1970s. During the middle of that decade, a new, smaller form of machine emerged: the personal computer.

SIGGRAPH, the big computer-graphics conference, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week with a Time Tunnel immersive exhibition co-created by Autodesk and UCSB.

1982 - Commodore 64 launched Lots of great development work was done in the 1960s and 70s, but it was when Commodore launched the C64 that home computer music making really got going. It was notable ...

This development not only marked a big first in the history of basic computer programming languages as we see it today, it helped set the precedent of universities as leaders in computer science ...