How we test webcams at PCWorld
Testing a webcam seems easy enough: Assemble a bunch of them, use them to take photos or video, and compare the results. But it’s worth it to go further. When recommending a webcam, I want…
Mark Hachman
Mark Hachman
How to fight the new Windows Outlook app and keep Mail…for now
Microsoft has threatened to take away Windows Mail and replace it with a new Outlook app. Now it’s already doing so, trying to wrest it away from you before its end-of-the-year self-imposed deadline. I’ll never…
13 free tips to make your Windows PC run faster and better
Spring is here and that means weeding, cleaning, packing away winter clothes… and tuning up your PC! Optimizing your PC’s performance isn’t as complicated as it sounds, however. Just a few tweaks here and there…
Store everything you’d ever need on this 20TB drive for $279
As a colleague put it, 20 terabytes would probably encompass every file you’ve ever touched. Today, WD is offering you the option to store 20TB on its Elements external hard drive for just $279.99. The…
Intel pushes harder to make AI apps run best on Core Ultra
Intel said Tuesday that it is expanding what it calls its AI Acceleration program into midrange software vendors, launching an AI developer NUC to speed the process. It’s all a bid to lasso software developers…
Chrome browser for Snapdragon PCs lands just in time
Google has published a final, shipping version if its Chrome browser for Snapdragon PCs just a few short weeks before the launch of PCs using the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. Chrome for Windows on…
Microsoft unites Windows and Surface once again
When Panos Panay, the former EVP and Chief Product Officer, left Microsoft, Windows and Surface split up into separate groups. Now it seems that they’ve been unified once again. Pavan Davuluri, a company veteran, will…
Microsoft’s gaming chief says Windows is holding PC handhelds back
Portable gaming handhelds like the Asus ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go run on Windows, true. But if Microsoft itself were to make such a console, it appears that Xbox, not Windows, may have…
Qualcomm: PC games should just work on Snapdragon X Elite
One of the biggest knocks on Windows on Arm PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips has been how well applications run. Natively coded apps run just fine, but apps written for traditional X86 processors (read:…
How we test USB-C hubs and dongles at PCWorld
Choosing the best USB-C hub or dongle feels a bit like visiting a salad bar: The sheer variety of products means that you can literally shop for a device that has exactly what you’re looking…