computing history
The Long Lost Manual for the World's Oldest Preserved Computer Has Been Found
The Zuse Z4, a digital computer built in 1945 and currently preserved at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, finally has a manual to fully reveal its secrets.
The Cloud Is Much, Much Older Than You Think
In 1940, even before proper digital computers had taken shape, mathematicians were offloading calculations to the cloud.
When Computer Graphics Pioneer John Whitney Melted Minds for IBM
Processing was still a long ways off in 1968.
Coding Computer Animation in 1964 Looked a Lot Like It Does in 2016
Enjoy Bell Labs ' short tutorial 'Programming of Computer Animation.'
Ada Lovelace Was the First Person to Understand the Real Potential of Computers
The Victorian mathematician's legacy goes beyond the first published computer program.
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This Guy Rappelled Down the CN Tower For the Launch of Windows 95
And he did it with a laptop running Windows 95.
How Old-School Computer Graphics Overcame the Limited RAM of Early Machines
In this explainer, see how clever engineers jumped through hoops to provide you with glorious color.
Happy Anniversary to the Early Internet's First Network-Wide Crash
That time ARPANET managed to DDoS itself.