The secret history of the PC Written by Pia Heikkila, Contributor Aug. 10, 2001 at 2:00 a.m. PT Twenty years ago a desktop device was launched to help companies process menial business tasks.

IBM promised a home machine with PC compatibility, improved graphics and sound and a lower price of $1,269. Consumers adored the wireless keyboard, and it was IBM, the king of computing.

A Brief History of Computer Displays. From blinking lights and punch cards to LCDs and 3D flat panels, we trace the 70-year history of the tech that users rely on to see what a computer is doing.

25 PC Games That Changed History. When trying to name the most important PC games of all-time, though, it’s not only about innovation and who came first.

Unlike today’s platforms where most or all of the online players for a particular PC game connect via Steam or an in-game browser, MPlayer, Heat.net, GameSpy, and later platforms often serviced ...

Nota bene: This is the concluding part of the surprisingly interesting history of the IBM PC. You should probably read part one of the story if you haven't already. In November 1979, Microsoft's ...

While we wait these last few days until the iPad's big release, we've decided to trace the long lineage of tablet PCs. From the earliest tablet input devices and concept sketches to the most ...

The computer itself was vast -- about 30 feet by 50 feet (9m x 15m) -- and the storage device itself, the very first commercial hard disk drive, was a 1.5-meter cube.

MY OLD FRIEND Dudley is an accomplished lawyer, gourmet cook, world traveler, raconteur and an enthusiastic, if not technically oriented computer user. He also tries to solve problems himself befor… ...

(Photo: Computer History Museum) Rybka (2003) After the victory of Deep Blue over Kasparov, chess engine programmers hunkered down with the goal of producing the world’s strongest engine ...