Bill Atkinson, who made computers easier to use, dies at 74Atkinson is credited with inventing many of the key aspects of graphical computing, such as "pull-down" menus and the "double-click" gestur...
Rare computer mouse that inspired Steve Jobs sells for £147,000An extraordinary computer mouse with three buttons and a coding keyset, designed by Douglas Engelbart, which served as inspiration for Stev...
Rare Steve Jobs items from the birth of Apple to hit the auction blockThe auction includes many items relating to Jobs, including high school photos and an application he had filled out for a job at Atari.
12 weird but true facts about technologyYou can't argue with the relentless march of technology but you can marvel at some of the absurdities from the past few decades.
Why Americans are obsessed with Steve JobsAmerican's obsession with stories about celebrity CEOs is linked to their cultural fascination for romantic individualist story.
The mysterious origins of 10 tech termsWe use 21st century tech terms like hashtag, stream, and mouse with casual indifference, but how did these words get to be so commonplace?
Book explores history of digital revolutionIn his book, published by Simon & Schuster, Isaacson begins with Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the...
Indian kid Ritankar Das in UC Berkeley leaves academia awestruckRitankar Das has become the youngest medalist in a century of the UCLA, Berkeley, by completing a double major in bioengineering, chemical ...