That's the voice of a computer. Bootstrap memory capacity options, partial word transfer, cascading index addressing, nanosecond scratchpad storage, core memory write-protection. And that's the ...

Restoring old computers can be a fiddly, time-consuming task How many bits are there in a byte? Eight, right? Well, it depends. While nowadays it is widely accepted that there are eight bits in a byte ...

Geoff Tootill, the computer scientist who has died aged 95, was a key member of the team which developed the “Baby”, the world’s first programmable computer, at Manchester University in 1948.

Lyons Electronic Office, built from 1949, was one of the world's first computers One of the world's first computers, which "revolutionised" business, could be recreated in virtual reality. Lyons ...

At a time when graphics were created by hand using quick-drying paint and propped up in front of the camera on easels, and while psephologists led by "Mister Election" David Butler punched numbers ...

One of Steve Jobs' first Apple computers has sold at auction for a record €516,000 (£441,000). An anonymous Asian buyer snapped up the digital antique, which Jobs built in a family garage with Steve ...

How many bits are there in a byte? Eight, right? Well, it depends. While nowadays it is widely accepted that there are eight bits in a byte the bit-count in that computing fact was not always so ...