It's well-acknowledged that your sense of smell can call up memories like nobody's business — but for me, particular sounds can also serve as a big reminder of times gone by. Take, for example, these ...

Sounds accompanying computer-animated content are usually created with recordings. Now, a new system synthesizes synchronized sound at the push of a button. Advances in computer-generated imagery have ...

Debugging computers in the 1950s sounds like it wasn’t an easy task. That’s one of the interesting facts from this fascinating talk by [Guy Fedorkow] about the Whirlwind, one of the first digital ...

Sound artist and composer Matt Parker is making music from the computer sounds that most people block out. Everything from the whirring of a computer fan to the clickety-clack of an obsolete mainframe ...

Computers seriously need to stop making cheesy noises in movies. You know what I'm talking about: the bleeps, the bloops, the loading bars screech, the text scroll chirp. It needs to end. In the 1980s ...

This story has been updated. It was originally published on December 7, 2017. When you boot up a brand-new computer, you expect it to deliver the most up-to-date technology, from gorgeous visuals to ...