His inexpensive Sinclair personal computer, one of many inventions, was an introduction to computing for young people in Britain and beyond. By Steve Lohr Sinclair computers are now distant artifacts ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

The dawn of the personal computer in the 1970s promised the greatest change in American instructional methods since the 19th century—which is when schools began to use standardized textbooks. While ...