Pocket computers like Sharp’s 8-bit computing marvels were a big part of the 1980s, providing super-portable processing power to anyone who wanted a bit more than what something like a ...

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980.  They’ve since discontinued that line, but it lives on in the low-cost STC8 family of chips, which ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

The Trump administration pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a pilot program allowing eligible taxpayers to file federal tax returns for free. That doesn't mean there aren't no-cost filing options ...

For all its security benefits, I was sick of constant ghost notifications from my video doorbell until I set up activity zones and stopped time-wasting alerts in their tracks.Those bothersome ...