Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an ...

It was the dawn of the personal computer age, a time when Apple IIs, Tandy TRS-80s, Commodore PETs, the Atari 400 and 800, and others had made significant inroads into schools and people’s homes. But ...

In 1980, IBM was at an impasse. Having already missed the market for minicomputers, now it was seeing a new cadre of competitors emerge. Fledgling companies like Apple and Commodore were selling ...

On the eve of the IBM PC's 30th anniversary, Mark Dean says the PC era is on its last legs. As one of the IBM engineers who helped create the original PC, he is certainly qualified to make this claim.

I've been writing professionally about computers, the internet, and technology for over 30 years, more than half of that time with PCMag. I run several special projects, including the Readers' Choice ...

Donkey Kong had only just started lobbing barrels at a chunky Mario as he climbed up wonky ladders, Ronald Regan had recently taken over the white house, and the very first Duran Duran album had just ...

Probably the smartest choice Bill Gates ever made came in 1980, when he decided not to hand over the copyright for Microsoft's first operating system to IBM. In 1980, IBM contracted a startup called ...

Viruses, corrupted software, or Windows meltdowns are no longer valid excuses for late homework by pupils at University Lake School in Hartford, WI. Instead, the 250 students at this private school ...

When Lenovo acquired IBM’s Personal Computing division, the move marked the end of an era for one industry giant and produced another. The deal, valued at $1.75 billion (£900m), was announced in ...