The company told workers to download employee tracking software on their personal computers, prompting privacy concerns from ...

Richard Drew | AP. Larry Ford, assistant group executive for marketing at IBM, presents IBM's new line of personal computers at the IBM Building in New York, April 2, 1987.

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 ...

John Blankenbaker's Kenbak-1 computer has been called 'the world's first commercially available personal computer', and a rare 1971 example is now being auctioned.

Personal Computers and the Economy: The Importance of 2010Author: Eric Everson, MBA, MSIT-SE – MyMobiSafe.comA global view of the economy points to uncertainty around the world, but some ...

Aug. 10 -- Look at almost any personal computer today and it’s not hard to see a lineage that dates back to that clunky box introduced by IBM 20 years ago. Sure, some computers have broken away ...

So remove Solitaire, take a few other steps, and replace personal computers with company owned computing devices. Related content. How-To 802.11x: Wi-Fi standards and speeds explained.

Though many personal computers in the early 1970s were much cheaper, the most basic model of an HP 3000 sold for $95,000 in 1972, the equivalent of slightly over half a million in today’s dollars.

Its Personal Computer was released in 1981, and the company quickly dispelled the myth that huge size prevented innovation. The IBM PC could be bought with word processing software and, ...

Meanwhile, the growth of videogame systems was effectively flat in the same households over the past year. Nearly four in 10 (39.7 percent) of households with personal computers and kids owned a ...