Without further ado, this is the Best PC Hardware and Software of 2024, as chosen by PCWorld’s editors. Congratulations to the winners – with a field this crowded, they’ve definitely earned it.

What used to be standard is now a case for the recycling center: Many programs that used to be part of the basic equipment of a PC have now been replaced by faster, nicer and better competitors.

Android emulators allow you to run Android apps and games on your PC, combining mobile convenience with desktop power. This ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a ...

According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, graduates of our top 10 online computer science programs earn an average of $50,876 to $96,375 annually in the years after completing their ...

Purdue’s computer science program ranked No. 13 among over 200 programs nationwide, according to CSRankings, which is based on publications and impact in fundamental CS research areas such as AI, ...

A team at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore has spent the past eight years developing Thorium, a set of software ...

John Walker, a groundbreaking, if reclusive, technology entrepreneur and polymath who was a founder and chief executive of Autodesk, the company that brought the ubiquitous AutoCAD software ...