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 ...

From the birth of the PC to the first smartphone, Boca Raton shaped the digital age. Now, D-Wave is moving into IBM's old ...

IBM has reached a definitive agreement to sell its PC division to China-based computer vendor Lenovo Group in a deal that will effectively create a $12 billion PC company that will compete against ...

Ending nearly a week of speculation, IBM has reached an agreement to sell its personal computer business to Chinese PC maker Lenovo for US$1.25 billion in cash, a deal that calls for Big Blue to ...

Y'see, without that clock, the computer wouldn't boot. You're a bit later in the progression, then; the IBM PC had no clock battery and you had to manually set the clock on boot. There were a number ...

Happy birthday, IBM PC. Thirty years ago today, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, IBM launched its first mass-market personal computer. The IBM 5150 PC was not the first personal computer. The ...

When talking about global benchmarks, people use the expression "global standard." A standard means a benchmark. A standard is a promise that spans the economy, industry, and technology. Technological ...

IBM is replacing Eastman Kodak's PCs worldwide, as the photography giant looks to cut its information technology costs. The program, which began more than a year ago, will be completed next year and ...

Bob Moffat, IBM's general manager, Personal and Printing Systems Group, said IBM will "stay focused on its strategy" in the face of a brutal market for PCs. IBM's Personal and Printing Systems Group ...

It wasn’t long ago I was nostalgic about an old computer I saw back in the 1980s from HP. It was sort of an early attempt at a PC, although price-wise it was only in reach for professionals. HP wasn’t ...

ARMONK, N.Y.--Harry Nicol shaved off most of his hair, and Bob Moffat is getting fitted for a kilt. Both men, top executives of IBM's Personal Systems Group, promised the antics as a reward for ...