Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit ...

Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond ...

With the emergence of microcomputers in the 1970s, Microsoft’s version of the BASIC programming language had become highly ...

For almost a quarter-century, I worked on the seminal, gigantic Computer Shopper magazine (and later, its digital counterpart), aka the phone book for PC buyers, and the nemesis of every postal ...

Donkey Kong had only just started lobbing barrels at a chunky Mario as he climbed up wonky ladders, Ronald Regan had recently taken over the white house, and the very first Duran Duran album had just ...

The words you’re reading are time travelers. They were written on a laptop that is technically brand new, in the sense that it was only released recently. But everything from the word processor this ...

IBM is brewing a new, more formidable PowerPC chip for desktop computers. Big Blue plans to design the new desktop PowerPC chip using technology from its Power4 processor for servers. Though the ...

Layoffs at IBM will not help it lead in artificial intelligence. The company has a history of letting opportunities to lead ...

IBM will pour US$3 billion into computing and chip materials research over the next five years, as it rethinks computer design and looks to a future that may not involve silicon chips. The computer ...

IBM is stepping up its efforts to create computers that can think on their own so that humans can contemplate more important things. The company on Monday plans to announce that it has established a ...

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 ...

Price isn't everything, according to IBM executives. Instead, the keys to the kingdom are manageability, security and wireless communications, three elements IBM has included in its PC fall fashions.