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 ...

The first IBM PC was launched on August 12, 1981. It and its many clones quickly dominated the PC market and helped Microsoft and Intel become huge tech companies that remain big to this day. We've ...

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 ...