He was a lead designer of the computers that cemented IBM’s dominance for decades. He later wrote a book on software engineering that became a quirky classic. By Steve Lohr Frederick P. Brooks Jr., ...

Frederick P. Brooks Jr., whose innovative work in computer design and software engineering helped shape the field of computer science, died Nov. 17 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was ...

George Morrow, who helped create the personal computer industry in the 1970s, has died. He was 69. Morrow died at his home in San Mateo, Calif., on Wednesday. For the last year, he suffered from ...