A computer that follows a set of software instructions, which is essentially every computer. A general-purpose computer can perform any data processing operation that the instructions in a program ...

The BBC is getting into the hardware hacking craze with its second device aimed at school age children in the last 34 years. The British broadcaster recently unveiled the Micro:bit, a ...

It was December 2012, and Doug Burger was standing in front of Steve Ballmer, trying to predict the future. Ballmer, the big, bald, boisterous CEO of Microsoft, sat in the lecture room on the ground ...

The Raspberry Pi has been a huge success story for Britain, giving millions of people an affordable way to tinker and learn with pocket-sized hardware. Now, the BBC is hoping to make a similar impact ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The pursuit of faster and more efficient computing has been a driving force in technological progress for decades. As the demand for computational power continues to grow, ...

The BBC has revealed the final design of its Micro:bit mini-computer to rival the likes of the Raspberry Pi. The project was first announced back in March, and serves as a spiritual successor the old ...

Despite its size -- a mere 65mm by 30mm by 5mm -- the Zero has a core that's 40 percent faster then the original Pi 1. "We really don't think we're going to get any cheaper than this," said Eben Upton ...

Scientists have developed a number of quantum computing systems that use ions or electrons as bits of data; mathematical "operations" can be performed on them with beams of light or electrical pulses.

Cheap computer can be used for making everything from games to robots. — -- The makers of Raspberry Pi announced today the company's latest fully functioning computer will be available for $5.

Nobody said computer programming was easy. But maybe in the future, it could be. In order to simplify program development, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported project called Expeditions in ...

Scientists engineered a high-tech computer that can run several simple programs by harnessing the relationships between tiny particles, or quantum mechanics, according to a new report Wednesday. The ...

Theoretical physicists have proposed a scalable quantum computer architecture. The new model overcomes fundamental limitations of programmability in current approaches that aim at solving real-world ...