November 17, 1991 • 57m
Englishman Charles Babbage conceived the basic idea of a computer about 150 years ago, as a machine that would eliminate error and...Read more
November 24, 1991 • 58m
Forty-five years ago a few brave souls risked everything to prove that computers were destined for more than just the laboratory. ...Read more
December 1, 1991 • 57m
The manuscripts of the Middle Ages, available to only a select priesthood, turned into the paperback book. How close are we to the...Read more
December 8, 1991 • 58m
By the 1960s, a computer could do university-level calculus and play chess, but the search for a true thinking machine turned out ...Read more
December 15, 1991 • 58m
The tens of millions of computers in the world have begun talking to one another. This "networking" has allowed all sorts of new c...Read more