In 1972, Xerox released an advert for the Alto, introducing people to the world’s first computer with a graphical user interface, mouse, and distinctive portrait screen. In 1972, Xerox released an ...

This article originally appeared on the blog of author Ken Shirriff and is reprinted here with his permission. Alan Kay recently gave his 1970s Xerox Alto to Y Combinator, and I’m helping with the ...

It's no secret that Xerox helped invent the modern computer. At the famed Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox researchers dreamt up everything from the graphical user interface and laser printing to ...

Fifty years ago, the word “computer” had a very different meaning. Prior to World War II, the word referred not to machines, but to people (mostly women in order to save costs) hired as human ...

We've started a new video program, Super Techies, where I interview some of the people who are major impact on the past and future of computing. First up is Larry Tesler, currently Yahoo's vice ...

Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) is the place where many of the most significant innovations of the 20 th Century set the scene for modern computing. Among the many inventions that took place ...