BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Fifty years ago -- on June 14, 1951 -- the U.S. Census Bureau officially put into service what it calls the world's first commercial computer, known as UNIVAC I.

Even if you aren’t a Disney fan, you probably know about EPCOT — Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow — a Disney attraction that promised a glimpse of the future. [ErnieTech] takes a glimpse ...

Remington Rand's Univac computer was big and expensive. But it built its reputation quickly as a predictor of presidential elections. Photo: U.S. Army View Slideshow __1952: __Television makes its ...

The Univac during the 1950s The company that invented the first commercial computer apologized on the eve of its 50th anniversary for any "unintended consequences" of its use. Unisys Corporation ...

PHILADELPHIA -- For two of the men who worked on UNIVAC, the world's first commercial computer, the idea that their legacy would spawn a revolution didn't occur to them at the time. James McGarvey, 77 ...

The 1969 Neiman Marcus catalog included a futuristic product called the Honeywell Kitchen Computer. The red and white trapezoidal machine came equipped with an H316 minicomputer, a pedestal, a cutting ...

Some milestone moments in journalism converged 60 years ago on election night in the run between Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democratic Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson. It was the first coast-to ...

“The white ones are the men and the yellow ones are the women” is the tag line on this odd ad for Univac’s experiemental photochromatic technology. Odd because it was 1969 and drugs were the new ...

LAKE FOREST PARK — As people filed into the Lake City Elks Lodge, old friends greeted each other and memories flooded back. About 100 people gathered Aug. 12 for a reunion dinner to celebrate the 50th ...