July 12, 2006 — -- Twenty five years ago this week, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were on their honeymoon, the Space Shuttle had one flight … and -- oh, by the way -- the world was changing.

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

1974's MITS Altair 8800 was the personal computer that started it all for a generation of techies. It was hardly the most accessible machine to ever come out of a garage, however. Parallels Inc. is ...

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 ...

In today’s digital world, it’s easy to merge personal and professional lives on a single device. We’re constantly balancing between managing personal tasks and fulfilling professional responsibilities ...

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 ...

TAIPEI, Jan 7 (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 ...

Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Sensitive personal data—like tax forms ...

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 ...

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 ...