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The HP-35 scientific calculator managed to replace the slide rule almost overnight, using a legendary combination of form and function. The HP-35 scientific calculator managed to replace the slide ...

Hewlett-Packard has given new life to its calculator history through applications for the iPhone and Windows. They're practical, but not cheap. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The HP-16C Computer Scientist is much beloved as the only dedicated programmer’s calculator that Hewlett-Packard ever made. Most surviving examples in the world are well-used, and you haven’t been ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

[Michel Jean] asked a question few others might: what exactly is going on under the hood of a classic HP scientific calculator when one presses the ∫ key? A numerical integration, sure, but how ...

Editor’s note: Also see Ken Coffman’s blog: The HP15C returns as an iPhone app. With the emergence of hand-sized computers, calculators have lost some of their former prominence, yet they continue to ...