Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. The revolution in copying, taken broadly, had begun in the 1920s, ...

On the eve of the IBM PC's 30th anniversary, Mark Dean says the PC era is on its last legs. As one of the IBM engineers who helped create the original PC, he is certainly qualified to make this claim.

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. The company is negotiating with ...

An IBM vet says that PCs, like mainframes, can still be profitable, but they are no longer the center of innovation “The PC is dead!” We’ve heard that message a lot since the birth of Apple’s iPad, ...

The competition to make history was tough in 1981: Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president, the US-Iran hostage crisis ended, the economy slid into a recession, and scientists discovered a mysterious ...

On its face, the merger creates the third-largest PC business in the world, with approximately $12 billion in 2003 revenue and an 8 percent market share. The risk for Lenovo is that it might not add ...

When Lenovo acquired IBM’s Personal Computing division, the move marked the end of an era for one industry giant and produced another. The deal, valued at $1.75 billion (£900m), was announced in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. IBM PC's 40th anniversary ...

International Business Machines Corp. has reportedly put its personal computer business up for sale in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and close an era for an industry pioneer that long ...

International Business Machines–that’s IBM to you and me–reached an impressive milestone this week: The company turned 100 years old. That longevity is impressive, but many American companies have ...

A sale of IBM's PC unit would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity. A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according ...