TAIPEI (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 evolved from ...

Quick — what was the first personal computer you ever owned? You don’t have to think about it for even a second, do you? No matter how many machines you’ve had over the years, you always remember your ...

When thinking of the first PCs, most of us might imagine something like the Apple I or the TRS-80. But even before that, there were a set of computers that often had no keyboard, or recognizable ...

In 1974, calculators were the hot item in consumer electronics. A little calculator company in Albuquerque was stuggling to compete, but a price war threatened to bankrupt it. Its owner, research ...

The Vintage Computer Festival in Silicon Valley Nov. 3 and 4 marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first personal computers including the TRS-80, Apple II and Commodore PET, among other ...

The Apple-1 Computer was developed and conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve 'Woz' Wozniak in the mid-1970s as a complete hobbyist kit. It was also one of the first 'personal computers' you could buy, as ...