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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. The revolution in copying, taken broadly, had begun in the 1920s, ...

IBM, which gave legitimacy to the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry. The company is negotiating with ...

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.

On its face, the merger creates the third-largest PC business in the world, with approximately $12 billion in 2003 revenue and an 8 percent market share. The risk for Lenovo is that it might not add ...

IBM released its first PC 30 years ago. Technology Editor Bill Wong contrasts the PC with Apple's iPad 2. August 21, 1981 was the date that IBM's Entry Systems Division released its Model 5150, better ...

Rumours that IBM is to hand over PC manufacturing to a Chinese company have raised eyebrows -- and the stock of the most-whispered recipient, Lenovo. It is easy to see this in cataclysmic terms: 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 ...

International Business Machines Corp. has reportedly put its personal computer business up for sale in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and close an era for an industry pioneer that long ...

IBM's decision to sell its PC business to Lenovo underscores the fact that most companies cannot generate steady profits selling PCs Perhaps it isn’t quite as surprising as if Ford Motor Co. suddenly ...

IBM, which gave legitimacy to the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry. The company is negotiating with ...