Adam Osborne, 64, a technical writer, business executive and computer pioneer whose Silicon Valley achievements included the introduction of the Osborne 1, the first portable personal computer, died ...

Clunky and underpowered, the Osborne 1 nevertheless stands out as a landmark machine. Weighing 24 pounds, with a 5-inch screen and a full-size keyboard inside a briefcase-size enclosure that locked ...

Osborne, a British immigrant and longtime resident of Berkeley, Calif., died in his sleep March 18 in Kodiakanal, a village in southern India, his sister, Katya Douglas, said Monday. His death ended a ...

BANGALORE, India — Adam Osborne, who launched the world's first portable computer in a suitcase well ahead of IBM and other PC makers, died March 18 in the south Indian hill station of Kodaikanal ...

Osborne produced the world's first practical, portable, personal computer. What is often overlooked is his other achievements notable achievements. Adam Osborne is remembered as the inventor of the ...

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

The words you're about to read were typed on the comfortable keyboard of a MacBook Pro that can still get the job done despite the years of use it has seen. You might also use a laptop when you ...

NEW YORK - Adam Osborne, whose successes and failures pioneering the first portable computer became one of Silicon Valley's great cautionary tales, is dead at 64 after a long illness. Osborne, a ...

Adam Osborne, who co-founded a company that pioneered portable computers but met the same fate of countless future Silicon Valley firms that grew too quickly, has died. He was 64. Osborne died in his ...

Portable computer pioneer Adam Osborne died Monday at age 64 after a long illness, Reuters reported. The British immigrant and Berkeley, Calif., resident was famed for his introduction of the 23-pound ...