Bill Detwiler

One of Microsoft’s early US patents had nothing to do with computers. Drawings show a reading stand and book holder that Microsoft patented in 1986.

Bill Detwiler disassembles Apple’s redesigned Mac mini exposing the hardware inside the new unibody enclosure.

At the beginning of the 20 century, inventors put computing devices on everything from scales to cheese cutters.

Bill Detwiler gives you a first look at what’s in the box of Microsoft’s redesigned Xbox 360 S “slim”.

Bill Detwiler disassembles Microsoft’s new, slim Xbox 360 S game console in this teardown photo gallery.

Bill Detwiler disassembles the Apple iPhone 4–revealing the impressive hardware that runs Apple’s fourth generation smartphone.

See over 30 U.S. patent drawings that trace the computer mouse’s evolution through the trackball and optical designs to wilder noise and stylus mice.

Charred metal, melted plastic, and burned circuits result when lightning strikes a computer modem.

In 1985, Atari released the Atari ST personal computer. This gallery has photos of the Atari 520ST, Atari 1040ST, and the hardware that made them run.

Photos of the Babbage Difference Engine, CDC 160A, Cray Y-MP and other historic computers.

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back with a tauntaun sleeping bag, Boba Fett costume, or wampa rug.

TechRepublic’s Bill Detwiler cracked open the Apple iPad for a look at the hardware inside the Apple tablet.