This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in California. But the full story was not that simple. For ...

From the birth of the PC to the first smartphone, Boca Raton shaped the digital age. Now, D-Wave is moving into IBM's old ...

In the annals of computer history, few names are as venerated as IBM. The company, eventually known as International Business Machines, remained on the bleeding edge of computer technology for decades ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

Apple's 50th birthday is coming up on April 1, and to celebrate, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, is holding in-person exhibits and promoting online content about the ...

TAIPEI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - This year will likely be the first year that laptop PC sales will outstrip those of desktop PCs. Here are some landmark dates in the history of personal computers which ...

If your travels take you near Mountain View, California, you can have the pleasure of visiting the Computer History Museum. You can see everything from a PDP-1 to an Altair 8800 to a modern PC there.