You can spend money on third-party PC optimization tools to improve performance, but Microsoft PC Manager claims to deliver ...

You can pay for third-party PC optimization software to make your computer run more smoothly, but Microsoft PC Manager does ...

If Windows is your preferred operating system, consider these open-source apps. There are numerous open-source apps available for almost any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows.

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

New York Public Radio is making its slate of syndicated programming available for free to “at-risk” public radio stations. Citing “unprecedented threats facing public broadcasting,” NYPR announced a ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

Google Translate now has a free Practice Mode powered by Gemini AI that helps you learn languages with listening and speaking exercises, vocabulary drills, and custom scenarios. Available in beta on ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...