I THINK OF COMPUTING at home as an extension of the computing I do at work. At home my computer is in my “office,” which once upon a time was a bedroom. And the software I use is often the same I use ...

Before there were personal computers, there were dedicated word processors. These large desktop systems were, in effect, computers that would run only one program-their built-in writing software. The ...

Radio Shack, despite being gone for a number of years, is still in our cultural consciousness. But do you know Tandy? And did you ever wonder how a leather company that started in 1919 became, briefly ...

In the 80s, Radio Shack sold a line of Tandy personal computers in its stores. Tandy machines were sometimes mocked -- 1980's TRS-80 model was derided as the "Trash-80" by critics -- but they were ...

With RadioShack filing for bankruptcy and several stores in our area closing, it may be tough to remember the times when the business was booming. In our Video Vault, Jane Adonizio reports when the ...

– Tandy files debt offering: Tandy Corp. of Ft. Worth, multinational marketer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and personal computers, filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC ...

John Roach — the former chief of RadioShack parent company Tandy who later became one of the lead proponents of the personal computer — has died at 83, reported The New York Times. The Fort Worth ...