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 ...

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, 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 ...

When Lenovo acquired IBM’s Personal Computing division, the move marked the end of an era for one industry giant and produced another. The deal, valued at $1.75 billion (£900m), was announced in ...

One of IBM’s primary designers for its iconic PC says he’s chucked the PC in favor of a tablet because he believes the old workhorse is “going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, ...

update IBM will sell its PC division to China-based Lenovo Group and take a minority stake in the former rival in a deal valued at $1.75 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The two companies ...

On its face, the merger creates the third-largest PC business in the world, with approximately $12 billion in 2003 revenue and an 8 percent market share. The risk for Lenovo is that it might not add ...

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 ...

update IBM will sell its PC division to China-based Lenovo Group and take a minority stake in the former rival in a deal valued at $1.75 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The two companies ...

Are we living in a “post-PC” world? Steve Jobs thinks so, and he often refers to the iPad as a “post-PC” device. Now an IBM executive has added fuel to the fire–its chief technology officer for the ...

Obviously Lenovo must have known what they were getting into when they bought IBM's PC business last month, but it's a little more clear now why IBM was so eager to sell in the first place: they were ...