CHICAGO (AP) – William C. Lowe had a bold idea: IBM should develop a personal computer that could be mass marketed, expanding the company’s reach beyond businesses and into people’s homes. That was in ...

The landmark personal computer, introduced by IBM 30 years ago Friday, launched the PC revolution, changing the way people work, communicate, and play. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from ...

Here's where it all began: This is an excerpt of a review of the original IBM PC, which appeared in the first issue of PC Magazine in February-March of 1982. No single computer event has ever captured ...

July 12, 2006 — -- Twenty five years ago this week, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were on their honeymoon, the Space Shuttle had one flight … and -- oh, by the way -- the world was changing.

The personal computer industry began in 1977, when Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack ...

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 07: The IBM Personal Computer System was introduce in early 1981, at a time when IBM was the world's largest mainframe computer manufacturer. Very early on in a beginning ...

IBM is stepping up its efforts to curb computers' growing appetite for power. Big Blue, which launched a project last year to investigate low-power computer technology with the University of ...

IBM Research is experimenting with a chameleon-like computing device called the Meta Pad, designed to easily convert from a desktop machine to a handheld to a notebook and back again. Representatives ...

That was in 1980. One year later, the IBM 5150 personal computer was selling out at stores such as Sears and ComputerLand for $1,565, not including a monitor. Lowe, who was credited with fostering ...