Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘mother’ of NASA’s Landsat programThe pioneering inventor died on March 27th at the age of 96.By W. Shanklin, 04.14.2023
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has passed awayMoore famously predicted the miniaturization of computers in 1965.By M. Moon, 03.25.2023
'Blade Runner' composer and electronic music pioneer Vangelis dies at 79He was also a champion of space exploration.By J. Fingas, 05.19.2022
GIF inventor Stephen Wilhite has diedHe helped come up with the format for CompuServe in the late 1980s.By S. Dent, 03.24.2022
Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs dies at 71'Packets' were the key idea that made data transmission incredibly reliable.By S. Dent, 03.01.2022
NES and SNES creator Masayuki Uemura dies at 78He played a key role in reviving the video game industry.By J. Fingas, 12.09.2021
Something Awful founder Richard Kyanka dies at 45'Lowtax' created one of the more culturally influential websites in the past two decades.By J. Fingas, 11.11.2021
Home computer legend Sir Clive Sinclair dies at 81He also invented the pocket calculator.By J. Fingas, 09.16.2021
Adobe co-founder Charles Geschke dies at 81He played a major role in developing PDFs and desktop publishing.By J. Fingas, 04.18.2021
Windows gaming pioneer Eric Engstrom dies at 55His work on DirectX cleared a path for the Xbox.By J. Fingas, 12.13.2020
Darth Vader actor and legend David Prowse dies at 85He gave the 'Star Wars' character his iconic presence.By J. Fingas, 11.29.2020
Zappos' pioneering ex-CEO Tony Hsieh dies at 46He helped transform online shopping.By J. Fingas, 11.28.2020
Code compiler pioneer Frances Allen dies at 88She also played a key role in parallel computing.By J. Fingas, 08.09.2020
Computer mouse co-inventor William English dies at 91He helped define the modern computer interface.By J. Fingas, 08.02.2020
Personal computer CPU pioneer Chuck Peddle dies at 82He helped design the chips inside the Apple II and (indirectly) the NES.By J. Fingas, 12.25.2019
Online bulletin board inventor Randy Suess dies at 74He made the precursor to social networks and online forums.By J. Fingas, 12.22.2019
Computer password inventor Fernando Corbato dies at 93He also helped dramatically improve the speed of computing.By J. Fingas, 07.13.2019
NASA admits the Mars Opportunity rover is deadThe explorer didn't respond to one last attempt at contact.By J. Fingas, 02.13.2019
Hubble telescope 'mother' Nancy Grace Roman diesShe was also NASA's first woman executive.By J. Fingas, 12.31.2018
Early internet pioneer Larry Roberts dies at 81He lead the team that created ARPAnet.By J. Fingas, 12.30.2018