The personal computer industry began in 1977, when Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

For the last fifteen years or so, information technology (IT) has become an ever more important part of the U.S. economy. Looking back over the period, there can be little doubt that the growing use ...

The dawn of the personal computer in the 1970s promised the greatest change in American instructional methods since the 19th century—which is when schools began to use standardized textbooks. While ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In many parts of the world, owning a personal computer is practically required in order to operate in society, and it has been for quite a ...

One of the concepts I stressed during my speeches at the recent ITEC conferences surprised many people: stop calling computers “personal” computers. Changing that attitude will lower your hassle ...

It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner. The small UK company was famous for winning a contract with the British Broadcasting ...