On 5 February the National Museum of Computing in the UK celebrated the 70th “birthday” of the legendary Colossus, which played a significant role in World War Two.
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IBM’s first killer application, the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet programme for PCs, was launched on 26 January 1983.
The big-time Consumer Electronics Show, CES, launched in 1967, has always strived to provide an insight into the future of high-tech.
The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry hosted an event organised by the British Computer Conservation Society.
Charles Babbage (1792-1871), British mathematician and inventor designed two prototype mechanical computers, but failed to complete either during his lifetime.
Set up in the 1950’s, the ACM/GAMM Committee, made up of European and American computer scientists, decided to develop the first block-structured language on 11 January 1960.
The binary number system is the basis of digital machines, for instance, the basis of computers. The development of the binary system is linked to the work of the German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz in the 18th century.
Bill Hewlett (1913-2001) and Dave Packard (1912-1996) graduated from Stanford as electrical engineers in 1935.
January marks an important month for Apple, and consequently for computer history as well.
