CNET News.com's Scott Ard shares the random experiences with a succession of early computers that cemented his lifelong passion with the PC. Scott Ard Former Editor in Chief, CNET CNET former Editor ...

There are plenty of well-known models among the 8-bit machines of the 1980s, and most readers could rattle them off without a thought. They were merely the stars among a plethora of others, and even ...

You're looking at one right now. It might be sitting on a desk, stuck on a wall, or cradled in your hand. Monitors have millions of components, but we usually only ever see just the one thing. It's ...