Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

If you've been using a personal computer for long enough, you've probably made a habit of interchangeably referring to the applications on your hard drive as programs or software. Both terms have been ...

Zephin Livingston is a former staff reviewer at Forbes Advisor, specializing in testing and reviewing privacy and security software, like VPNs, antivirus software, password managers and more. Zephin ...

The 2026 tax season kicks off on Jan. 26 and the best way to make filing less painful and time-consuming is to file online. Nearly 40% of taxpayers used tax software or online services to do their ...

Software engineering is the branch of computer science that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. Software engineers apply engineering principles and ...

Over the past few years, consumers and enterprises alike have become more aware of the importance of adequate cybersecurity hygiene and the need to be able to recognize common threats online.

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 slew ...

Despite the significant shift to cloud computing in recent years, the corporate data center remains the heart of the IT operations at many businesses, organizations and government agencies. Within ...

It’s often said that every business today is a software company. That’s not just because so many businesses across so many industries depend on system software and applications for their day-to-day ...

An introduction to the study of computing: fundamental concepts and skills; opportunities at Michigan Tech; career opportunities; social and ethical issues. An alternative starting point of the ...

Software engineering is the process of applying engineering principles to analyze the needs of a specific user and then design, build and test software applications which will meet those needs.