The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

We named it the personal computer. Somewhere along the way, “personal” came to mean “logged into five accounts and re-setting the same preferences on every screen.” That gap, between devices we own ...

Born in 1940, computer scientist Alan Curtis Kay is one of a handful of visionaries most responsible for the concepts which have propelled personal computing forward over the past thirty years — and ...

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 ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global market for personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, is set to grow 3.8% in 2024, reaching 403.5 million units, according to the latest ...

Microsoft's More Personal Computing segment, which includes Windows and gaming, delivered a big beat on Wednesday. Revenue for that segment was $13.4 billion, up from $12.6 billion a year before. That ...