Quick – name the most important personal computer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those of you who mentioned the legendary Apple II – that’s fine. I respect your decision. Forced to think ...

For a time in the 1980s — the MTV era of Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Madonna and countless others — Scott Shapiro and Jeff Turk were spinning top-40 hits at local radio station Hot 95.9 WNPQ-FM.

Some journalists remember the day the future arrived: We felt like James Bond on special assignment when our editors, playing the part of provision master Q, handed us the portable device that would ...