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 ...

IBM PC's 40th anniversary is this month so we glance on its beginnings, its growth and its significance(Photo by SSPL/Getty Images) One of the most important ...

If you search the Internet for “Clone Wars,” you’ll get a lot of Star Wars-related pages. But the original Clone Wars took place a long time ago in a galaxy much nearer to ours, ...

In addition, IBM had tried a number of personal computer projects before, including the DataMaster. That experience convinced the engineers that an open approach would work better. One of those ...

IBM, whose first PC in 1981 moved personal computing out of the hobby shop and into the corporate and consumer mainstream, has put the business up for sale, people close to the negotiations said ...

You’ve gotta love it when your birthday falls on the weekend – well, it did last Saturday for one of the most august of our members – the IBM Personal Computer. The IBM PC, born 25 years ago, used a 4 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IBM Corp., the company that popularized the personal computer, said Tuesday it will sell its PC business to Lenovo Group of Beijing for $1.75 billion. The deal marks the exit of an industry pioneer ...

IBM sold its personal computer business to Lenovo in 2004, but Big Blue is expected to announce a product Wednesday that shows it still has some interest in the market. The technology isn't a straight ...