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Before Microsoft and Apple helped put a computer on every desktop, there had to be a personal computer that people would want to own in the first place. That’s where Charles Thacker came in more than ...

One of the great pioneers of the computer age, credited with designing the first personal computer, has died at the age of 74. Charles Thacker, who built the first personal computer while a member of ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Charles P. Thacker, a pioneering engineer in the early days of personal computing, died this week at ...

A sad loss. The truly visionary people seemed more common back in the early days of computing. Perhaps it was the lack of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Without the ideas incubated at PARC, I ...

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Lawrence Tesler, a pioneering computer scientist who in his work at Xerox and with Steve Jobs at Apple devoted himself to making it easier for ...

Larry Tesler, the former Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and Apple computer scientist best-known for creating the cut, copy and paste commands for personal computers, died earlier this week. He was 74 ...