A century before the first computers, Ada Lovelace wrote a study on the potential of Charles Babbage’s yet-to-be-built Analytical Engine. Babbage’s Analytical Engine is regarded as the world ...

In April 1981, the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco was crowded with hobbyist tinkerers, engineers and ...

The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction Two rediscovered relics of electronics history are headed to the block later this month.

A quick dive for sea sponges resulted in the discovery of a mysterious, surprisingly complex machine often referred to as the world's first analog computer.

One of only ten surviving Kenbak-1 personal computers from 1971 has sold at auction for €34,000 (US$36,500). Judged the "first commercially available personal computer" in 1987 by a panel at the ...

Ada Lovelace may not be a household name like Steve Jobs but she is possibly the first computer programmer.

If the world’s first commercial computer is defined as the first computer sold and used by a company for commercial work then Stuart and Lloyds’ LEO II/3 can lay claim to that title.