A PC that is compatible with the IBM PC and PS/2 standards; essentially, every Windows PC on the market. This term is rarely heard anymore, but it was widely used in the early days when PC vendors ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Trying to recreate some of the excitement of an event that happened 33 years ago is a challenge for anyone, but a good place to start is with the bald facts. On 12 August 1981, IBM, at that time the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1981, the first personal computer desktop was launched by IBM. However, the IBM PC had some limitations, such as the lack of a hard drive and too few expansion ports. 40 years ago today, on March 8 ...

East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Likewise, one would think the realms of home video game console and IBM PC-compatible hardware would never cross paths except in the ...

In the mid-1980s, Flight Simulator was one of the biggest PC titles in the business -- and Microsoft is gearing up to launch the beta for Flight Simulator 2020, a game that surprised pretty much ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor IBM’s first PC, announced on August 12, 1981, was far from the first personal computer–but when it arrived, there was near-universal agreement that it was likely to be a landmark ...

Since the dawn of the PC market, most consumer users have been able to get by with the bare minimum of computing power. During the personal computer’s first two decades, that typically meant ...

This CompuAdd keyboard was used with an IBM PC/AT computer. The IBM PC/AT was introduced in 1984. the "AT" stood for "advanced technology." The machine was the first upgrade from IBMs original PC ...

In the mid-1980s, Flight Simulator was one of the biggest PC titles in the business -- and Microsoft is gearing up to launch the beta for Flight Simulator 2020, a game that surprised pretty much ...