A century before the first computer was developed, an Englishwoman named Ada Lovelace laid the theoretical groundwork for an all-purpose device that could solve a host of mathematically-based problems ...

John Blankenbaker made the prototype of the Kenbak-1 personal computer in his garage When the definitive history of the personal computer is written, familiar and historic names such as Olivetti, ...

Without a doubt, black holes are among the most mysterious types of object in the universe. Scientists grasped their existence in the early 20th century in the wake of Albert Einstein's revolutionary ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russian scientists have created the country's first ion-based quantum computer using a new type of quantum unit that works with seven energy levels, the Russian Quantum ...

Two companies based in the northeastern China province of Heilongjiang have worked out a computer that allows the blind and those with eye diseases to access the cyberspace with a Chinese-Braille ...

South Korean researchers have developed a computer that can save data even after the power is turned off, facilitating ways to reduce electric power consumption, the Korea Advanced Institute of ...

Richard Skrenta’s “Elk Cloner” was 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program. Described by its author as “some dumb little practical joke,” the virus attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 ...

The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whether everyday PC ...

Doctors at a hospital in Kingston, Ont., have performed what they call the world's first computer-assisted, hip-resurfacing surgery. It's a new approach to hip-resurfacing surgery that promises ...