William Bill Henry Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was a skinny, shy and awkward teenager. His family had a good history in business, politics and community service. His father was a prominent Seattle attorney and his mother served on charitable boards. Young Bill was v...

The second of three children born to a lawyer and a teacher, Bill Gates attended private school, where he discovered his interest in software. Bill Gate's introduction to computers occurred during his years at Lakeside, an all-boy private school. There, Gates joined the Lakeside Programmers Gro...

Mainframes were conceived from an idea from Charles Babbage, however it would be seventy years later. Under the direction of Howard Aiken in 1941 Harvard University developed the Mark I Calculator. Within five years the Mark I Calculator was outdone by the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Compu...

Who's adapting?Humans or Computers?Intelligent AgentsKelly B. YearoutApril 27, 2001In the past few years (1997 to present), there have been tremendous breakthroughs in technology associated with computers and software. The achievements all claim to be able to help people and businesses increase the...

Major innovation in the pursuit of leisure Transportation Although it doesn't come to many people minds transportation in itself can be a leisure activity. Most people don't realize how far we've come from the horse drawn carriage. Bikes – First bike invented by German...

Future of Computers The computers of the future are expected to be smaller, faster and smarter. For the past 20 years, CPU performance has doubled about every 18 months. The PowerPC will stay close to this pace for the next 10 years--a nearly 100-fold improvement in that time. The s...