personal computer

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Time magazine named the personal computer its "Machine of the Year" in 1982.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The idea of artificial intelligence, let alone a personal computer, was a fantasy at best.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Ding downloaded the trade secrets to his personal computer less than two weeks before he resigned from Google in December 2023, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

They took her phone, a work and personal computer and a Garmin watch, the outlet said.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman