Ever wondered why your keyboard starts with QWERTY instead of following alphabetical order? The answer goes back to the ...

Typewriters have survived the computer age and are thriving thrive among pockets of new customers. Gramercy Typewriter Company in New York City has seen a resurgence in sales of manual typewriters, ...

To understand why modern computer keyboards and smartphone touchscreens utilize the QWERTY layout, one must travel back to ...

The heavily illustrated book comes in two volumes. “Shift Happens” offers exhaustively researched stories and discoveries about the people, politics, and technology behind typewriters and computer ...

Today’s column makes me wonder if new engineers know the origin of “carriage return“. What does a carriage have to do with a computer, and why (and where) does it need to be returned? A clue to the ...