In April 1981, the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco was crowded with hobbyist tinkerers, engineers and curious gawkers. However, against a backdrop of beige desktop boxes sat ...

Remember the first laptops? They were weird. Ancient laptops were often as large as desktop computers but only had tiny screens that could only display a few dozen characters. Over time, progress ...

How do you tell if a new technology product is a brilliant breakthrough? Listening to its creators doesn’t work: Tech companies have an annoying tendency to promote everything as a brilliant ...

Following our inaugural PC and Laptop Survey, responses show that laptops are often the first time a South African encounters a computer.