If someone up and asked you “who invented the computer,” how would you respond? Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? Al Gore? Or say you’re more historically savvy, might you venture Alan Turing? Perhaps ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley turns her attention to a relatively unknown, yet historically important physics and mathematics professor in "The Man Who Invented the Computer: The ...

Walter Isaacson, aka the biographer of Steve Jobs, is a brilliant writer who long ago became frustrated with his inability to answer two seemingly simple questions: Who invented the computer? And w… ...

After all, IBM did invent the IBM PC. But there's a deeper observation embedded in his remarks. "We"—everyone who was there and participating at the time—invented the personal computer.

Despite its tantalizing material, “The Man Who Invented the Computer” ultimately offers both too little computer and too little man.

WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History Alice Rowe Burks, . . Prometheus, $35 (463pp) ISBN 978-1-59102-034-9 ...

Douglas Engelbart, best known as the inventor of the computer mouse, has died at age 88. During his lifetime, Engelbart made numerous groundbreaking contributions to the computing industry, paving ...

Bow Wow shared a funny exchange with daughter Shai about who really invented the term “rizz.” The cute video sparked fan reactions celebrating his lasting influence in Hip Hop.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley set out to remedy that oversight in her new book, The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer.