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 first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

We asked Orange Park computer historian David Greelish, who recently made a documentary on Apple's old Lisa computer, to give us a timeline on the development of personal computers, listing specific ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. When I started using a computer in the mid-1970s, it was on a ...

This should be good news for the Mac and the iPad: the global market for personal computing devices, including personal computers and tablets, is set to grow 3.8% in 2024, reaching 403.5 million units ...

The Altair 8800 lit the fuse, but Apple's 1977 device made home computing irresistible to the masses. Here's a look back as ...

A new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) looks at how folks use their Mac. The report notes that personal computers are the original Apple product, and they have evolved ...

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 ...

In addition to a legacy analog audio video interfaces, for which NXP offers high-bandwidth switches and audio converters, today’s personal computers and notebooks include a HDMI output interface for ...