The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information ...

New Words for the Computer Generation Personal computers exploded in the early 1980s. In 1982, kids were coloring in "The Computer Coloring Book," created by the author of this encyclopedia.

Though there were a lot of weird and wonderful early home computers, particularly from markets like the USSR and Japan, I’ve ...

Some users, horrified, pointed out the very name, “personal computer”, meant the machine fell under their control. Their desk, their desktop.

One of only ten surviving Kenbak-1 personal computers from 1971 has sold at auction for €34,000 (US$36,500). Judged the "first commercially available personal computer" in 1987 by a panel at the ...

Personal Computers and the Economy: The Importance of 2010Author: Eric Everson, MBA, MSIT-SE – MyMobiSafe.comA global view of the economy points to uncertainty around the world, but some ...

Indeed, a recent study by the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center estimated that 20.6 million personal computers became obsolete in the U.S. in 1998, but only 11 percent, or 2.3 ...

Nearly four in 10 (39.7 percent) of households with personal computers and kids owned a videogame system in 2001, compared to 39.2 percent in 2002.