Since the 18th century, people have been fascinated by the idea of machines that could play chess against humans. With the advent of the digital electronic computer in the mid-20th century, that dream ...

The pioneering work done by Alan Turing and others at Bletchley Park in England was perhaps as important in the history of technology as it was the history of the war. Given the last 80-odd years of ...

In the annals of computer history, few names are as venerated as IBM. The company, eventually known as International Business Machines, remained on the bleeding edge of computer technology for decades ...