World’s oldest working digital computer springs back to glorious blinking, clacking life

November 22, 2012 10:14 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The UK's national museum of computing has restored a 61-year-old mechanical computer to full clacking, blinking, and punch-card-reading working order. It's noisy and, as you can see in the video below, it's awesome.

Raspberry Pi: tiny credit-card-sized computer now shipping in volume

July 16, 2012 8:57 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Raspberry Pi, the tiny computer that fits in the palm of your hand and can run quite nicely, thank you very much, off four AA batteries, is now shipping in volume for about $33.

The indie project, run by the …

Six million LittleBigPlanet user levels created; here are some of the best

January 17, 2012 4:44 PM Dan Crawley
Dan Crawley

Little Big Planet developer Media Molecule has announced via Twitter that six million user generated levels have now been created for its Playstation exclusive video game series.

LittleBigPlanet was a revelation among console games when the first instalment launched in …

Apple is close to becoming the most valuable public company in the world

August 9, 2011 1:08 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Apple briefly overtook Exxon today as the most valuable public company in the world. That’s a big milestone in the larger world of computing, and it is a sign that the digital economy is becoming more important in some ways …