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 ...

Previous decades laid the groundwork for the wide adoption of the internet in the '90s. This piece of '80s technology was a ...

IBM's PC unit piled up nearly $1 billion in cumulative losses in recent years, the company said in a filing detailing the planned sale of the business to China's Lenovo Group. The merger of IBM's PC ...

Price isn't everything, according to IBM executives. Instead, the keys to the kingdom are manageability, security and wireless communications, three elements IBM has included in its PC fall fashions.

It wasn’t long ago I was nostalgic about an old computer I saw back in the 1980s from HP. It was sort of an early attempt at a PC, although price-wise it was only in reach for professionals. HP wasn’t ...

IBM has reached a definitive agreement to sell its PC division to China-based computer vendor Lenovo Group in a deal that will effectively create a $12 billion PC company that will compete against ...

Executives at vendors such as Acer, with its huge operations in China, and notebook PC competitor Toshiba said they prefer to hold comment until more details are available. Other IBM competitors see ...

IBM Corp., the company that popularized the personal computer, said Tuesday it will sell its PC business to Lenovo Group of Beijing for $1.75 billion. The deal marks the exit of an industry pioneer ...

Chinese computer maker Lenovo has closed a $1.25 billion deal to buy IBM's personal-computer division. The sale, one of the biggest acquisitions ever by a Chinese company, will create the world's ...

Contract manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp. said it will take over production of some IBM desktop computers in the United States and Europe in a $5-billion pact IBM said will cut its costs in the ...