IBM was a computer juggernaut in the late 1970s. Its divisions were the size of other companies, and some have compared it to a collection of mafia families.

IBM has reached a definitive agreement to sell its PC division to China-based computer vendor Lenovo Group in a deal that will effectively create a $12 billion PC company that will compete against ...

IBM, which gave legitimacy to the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry.

With its keen pricing compared with previous business computers, the IBM PC 5150 was well received in the US, paving the way for a launch in the UK in 1983, along with DOS 1.1 and the option for a ...

special coverage IBM wasn't the first company to sell a personal computer when it introduced the 5150 in August 1981. But the entry is credited with igniting the PC era.

We look at Lenovo, a key storage player that has played the partnership game to rise in the array maker rankings and corner ...

And yet! The Book 8088 remains an interesting technological achievement, a genuine IBM PC compatible that shares a lot in common with my first ancient, terrible personal computer.

If growth in the PC market stagnates in 2005, as predicted by Gartner and IDC, HP might find itself pondering the same set of options that led to the IBM-Lenovo deal.

IBM Corp.'s personal computer business racked up US$965 million in losses between Jan. 1, 2001, and June 30, 2004, the company said last week in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

IBM will pour US$3 billion into computing and chip materials research over the next five years, as it rethinks computer design and looks to a future that may not involve silicon chips.

IBM will sell blade PC systems from ClearCube Technology to customers in Japan, as part of a deal designed to build interest in the relatively new market. With blade PCs, only a keyboard, monitor ...

IBM tests transformer computer It's a handheld. No, a notebook. No, a desktop. The 9-ounce core of IBM's Meta Pad will contain just a hard drive and will slip into the body of a notebook or desktop.