Robert Howard, who invented the dot-matrix printer that helped fuel sales of personal computers, was remembered this week for his curiosity and generosity. Howard, who died recently at age 91, founded ...
One of the enduring myths about Xerox PARC, the legendary Palo Alto Research Center that invented the personal computer and other seminal technologies, was that Xerox never made any money from its ...
Editor's note: Gary Starkweather died Dec. 26, 2019, in Orlando, Fla., of leukemia at the age of 81, according to theWall Street Journal. In his memory, we brought out this column honoring ...
In the 1960s, computer printers were noisy contraptions resembling automated typewriters. They rattled out simple lines of text, with little variation of font or spacing. Sophisticated graphics were ...