It’s an auspicious moment for retrocomputing fans, as it’s now four decades since the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This budget British microcomputer was never the best of the bunch, but its ...

Now a white edition has been released, designed to pay tribute to one of UK computing’s most oft-repeated stories. The story ...

Retro Games Ltd has released its all-white, special edition version of The Spectrum – a lovingly recreated remake of the 80s ...

Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

The home computing pioneer created the ZX models, the first slimline pocket calculator and an early electric vehicle venture. Clive Sinclair, the British inventor and entrepreneur who developed the ZX ...

Clive Sinclair, who invented the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an early personal computer, died of cancer Thursday at age 81, his family confirmed. Sinclair was an inventor with an impressive list of ...

A former Sinclair employee explains why the company behind the iconic ZX Spectrum refused to understand its importance to a generation of gamers. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ ...

The affordability of Sinclair’s revolutionary 1982 home computer let a generation of young bedroom coders make anarchic, punky games, and its hardware limitations merely fostered extra creativity ...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Pride of place in my technology archive is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of the earliest and most impactful computers. It was created by that ...