Before we all carried computers in our pockets, there was a "computer room" — a space we set aside for the home's lone PC. Family members would queue up for time with the system, and at night, it ...

WASHINGTON(CNN) -- On the calendar, January 1 marked the beginning of the year 1996. But for most computers, it marked simply the year 96. And in just under four years, at the end of 1999, humans will ...