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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The only remarkable thing about the product that revolutionized the personal computing business was the fact that IBM built it. If any other company of the era built and marketed the IBM Personal ...

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 ...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1981, IBM (NYSE:IBM) launched its IBM Personal Computer. Where The ...

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 ...

A misguided reference to a PC. The term IBM compatible is more accurate, because IBM made the first PC. Even that has little meaning today, because Intel and Microsoft set the PC standards, and IBM ...

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 ...