personal computers

It's a moment of nostalgia for Microsoft, as this week marks the 30th birthday of the IBM PC. Sure, other personal computers came before the IBM 5150, but that, to Microsoft at least, isn’t important: “[T]he introduction of the IBM PC was a defining moment for our industry.

[...] Once IBM entered the market with a system running the Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS, our industry really began to realize [its] dream.”

Software Maker Retools for Move Beyond Personal Computers with New Technologies for Tablets, Smartphones, and TVs

On the heels of the latest Android phone, the Sprint HTC EVO, and as we approach iPhone 4, it seems like mobile devices and platforms are innovating at about five times the pace of personal computers.

The Open Road: "Activists worry about the environmental cost of discarded mobile phones, personal computers, and other technology.

Perhaps they should also worry about the swelling graveyard of start-ups and tech titans gone bad."

Globe and Mail: "Canada's big Internet carriers have scored a major victory, as the telecommunication regulator ruled it is okay for them to slow down some of the Web traffic travelling to customers' personal computers – as long as the companies explain ahead of time what they are doing."

NY Times: "This year, Acer appears poised to overtake Dell as the world's second-largest seller of personal computers, which would put a real dent into one of America's favorite dorm-to-empire business stories."