In 1982, 25 years ago, ninth-grade student Rich Skrenta decided to play a prank on his friends. He wrote the Elk Cloner virus that infected Apple II machines. Although there were earlier viri, it is thought to be the first computer virus to be unleashed "in the wild." picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Terry Childs was going to be fired from his computer engineer job with San Francisco. He disabled all the admin passwords but his own and refuses to divulge the pw. The city fears that he may have a 3rd party access the system and delete 1000's of highly sensitive documents. picked by bernardblack 3 months ago

Loads of pictures of modded computer cases, some of these look really really cool. picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Computer Culture In Our Life picked by cafeaaa 11 months ago

Many of us think of the movie “Tron” as the the first film to use computer animation or effects in any form. But the technology goes back a lot further than 1982, when Tron was released. Here are some notable milestones in computer animation and effects in film: picked by power832 1 year ago

Employees provided computer data without questioning identity picked by deepchill 1 year ago

A primitive star has been born in the heart of a computer, revealing how the basic building blocks of life were present soon after the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago. Stars convert light elements such as helium and hydrogen into the heavier elements necessary for life and it has often been remarked that human beings are glorified stardust. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A guide for figuring out when it's time to buy a new computer. picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Grace Hopper is the Navy officer I respected most. She wrote COBOL, coined the term "bug", and made many advances in the early computer world.

A wiki:

another good site:

Just want you all to know. picked by bcgrote 2 years ago

Many have tried. All have failed. But with a new computer game, you can make peace in the Middle East. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Put these programs on a USB stick and plug it into a failing computer for a quick repair kit that will get rid of viruses, maintain the system and all that jazz. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Photos of extreme cases of computer addiction. Sad, but true. picked by Wasabi 1 year ago

Marvel at how it's all advanced! From Macintosh System 1 through to Vista. Know your desktop! Interesting? Pointless? Catalogue of computer history? Either way we must strive harder to get rid of XP's 'rolling hills' picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Step-by-step instructions to make computer controlled light show for less than $40. picked by speedracer 2 years ago

The delicate workings at the heart of a 2,000-year-old analogue computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism have been revealed by scientists. It computed and displayed the movement of the Sun, the Moon and possibly the planets around Earth, and predicted the dates of future eclipses. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Here are some handy tips as to what to do before you give away your old computer. picked by wickedsmart 2 years ago

MIT students built a digital computer out of the classic wooden toy that not only worked, it played a mean game of tic-tac-toe! picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Most of us have heard how the first PC was created by IBM, who wasn't interested in the technology, didn't see it going anywhere compared to their photocopiers.

What other horrible computer flops were there? Glad you asked, here are the top-10 flops picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Read the slightly demented book written by the program called RACTER, an early (1984) experiment in AI.

"More than iron, more than lead,
more than gold I need electricity.
I need it more than I need pork or lettuce or cucumber.
I need it for my dreams." picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

An oldie-but-goodie: Cookie Monster does some damage to a muppetized computer. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago