Typing class is one of those dreaded high-school rituals, ranking right up there with physical education class. I spent many fruitless hours banging away at an IBM Selectric, hoping that some of the ...

Italians have brought the world spaghetti and meatballs, sleek motor vehicles, high fashion and – thank goodness – the Olivetti Lettera-35. To those of you unfamiliar with the last Italian import, let ...

I grew up on a manual typewriter, the same one my mom used to write articles for Life Magazine in the ’50s and ’60s. It was a small portable in a beat-up canvas case, and you had to hit the keys hard.

Turning off auto-correct can boost typing speed after an adjustment period, though research shows mixed results and the ...