In 1981, the first personal computer desktop was launched by IBM. However, the IBM PC had some limitations, such as the lack of a hard drive and too few expansion ports. 40 years ago today, on March 8 ...

In 1981, Rod Canion had to make a decision, and fast. He could either continue at his day job, plugging away for the next two years on a project he knew ultimately wouldn't succeed in the current ...

January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...

Although we know the outcome, “Silicon Cowboys” feels like a suspense thriller. This documentary, directed by Berkeley’s Jason Cohen, recounts how Compaq took on behemoth IBM in a battle for ...

Makers of portable computers have spent the past 20-odd years striving to build systems that answer users' cries for "smaller, faster, cheaper." To a large extent, they have succeeded. One notable ...

You don’t have to be a cattle driver to be a cowboy. “Silicon Cowboys” documents the rise and eventual demise of Compaq, a small Texas startup that took on IBM to become the largest computer company ...

Spinnaker Software developed this set of programs for use with IBM-compatible computers. The eight programs were a word processor, a database, a spreadsheet, a desktop organizer, grapics, a ...