We’ve read a number of histories of the IBM PC and lived through that time, too. But we enjoyed [Gareth Edwards’] perspective in a post entitled The Misfit who Built the IBM PC. The titular character ...

What makes the IBM PC so significant in the history of personal computing? Its impact goes far beyond being a simple product – it's a symbol of standardization and accessibility that reshaped the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. IBM PC's 40th anniversary ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The IBM PC was a milestone in ...

Forty years ago this week, the iconic IBM PC made its debut, cementing the personal computer as a mainstream product category to be reckoned with. Within a few years, America — and the world — went ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The IBM PC was a milestone in ...

Despite the popularity of the IBM PC in the West during the 1980s, it had shortcomings that prevented it from flourishing in the Japanese market, most of all support for the Japanese language. This ...

ENDICOTT, N.Y. -- Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology -- saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a ...

Even the biggest chip companies churn out their share of flops. But the hype that surrounds these chips is more fascinating than the failures. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

Microsoft’s MS-DOS (and its IBM-branded counterpart, PC DOS) eventually became software juggernauts, powering the vast majority of PCs throughout the ’80s and serving as the underpinnings of Windows ...