Before smartphones exploded on the scene in the late 00s, there was still a reasonable demand for pocket-sized computers that could do relatively simple computing tasks. Palm Pilots and other PDAs ...

Sir Clive Sinclair, who popularised the home computer and invented the pocket calculator, has died aged 81. His daughter Belinda Sinclair told The Guardian that her father died at his London home on ...

The Sharp PC-G801 was an impressive little pocket computer when it debuted in 1988. However, in the year 2025, a Z80-compatible machine with just 8 kB of RAM is hardly much to get excited about.

Clive Sinclair, who invented the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an early personal computer, died of cancer Thursday at age 81, his family confirmed. Sinclair was an inventor with an impressive list of ...

English entrepreneur and inventor Clive Sinclair (left) on 30 September in 1964. (Photo by Victor Blackman/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair – the man behind the ...

Jerry Merryman, a self-taught electrical engineer who helped design the first pocket calculator, died on Feb. 27 in Dallas. He was 86. His wife, Phyllis (Lee) Merryman, said the cause was heart and ...

Sir Clive Sinclair, who invented the pocket calculator and popularised home computing, has died at the age of 81, according to reports. His daughter Belinda Sinclair told the Guardian that her father ...