We talk to IBM about the development of the Personal Computer 5150 in 1981, and dismantle the very first PC to see what makes ...

The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information ...

Though there were a lot of weird and wonderful early home computers, particularly from markets like the USSR and Japan, I’ve ...

New Words for the Computer Generation Personal computers exploded in the early 1980s. In 1982, kids were coloring in "The Computer Coloring Book," created by the author of this encyclopedia.

Some users, horrified, pointed out the very name, “personal computer”, meant the machine fell under their control. Their desk, their desktop.

One of only ten surviving Kenbak-1 personal computers from 1971 has sold at auction for €34,000 (US$36,500). Judged the "first commercially available personal computer" in 1987 by a panel at the ...

Though many personal computers in the early 1970s were much cheaper, the most basic model of an HP 3000 sold for $95,000 in 1972, the equivalent of slightly over half a million in today’s dollars.

Personal Computers and the Economy: The Importance of 2010Author: Eric Everson, MBA, MSIT-SE – MyMobiSafe.comA global view of the economy points to uncertainty around the world, but some ...

Nearly four in 10 (39.7 percent) of households with personal computers and kids owned a videogame system in 2001, compared to 39.2 percent in 2002.