The Xerox Alto was a minicomputer that had a lot of firsts to its name: first GUI, first Ethernet connection, and first computer to use a laser printer. This is the computer that inspired Steve ...

The device had just one button, located in the top corner. Originally designed to work with the Xerox Alto computer system, it was officially called the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System." ...

Its own Palo Alto (Calif.) Research Center would develop ... She also spearheaded Xerox’s largest ever acquisition shortly after becoming CEO. Affiliated Computer Services was purchased in 2010 for $6 ...

Xerox plans to continue operating its famed Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), as ... Grenoble facility such as artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning and ethnography.