PCWorld

PCWorld’s first issue appeared in March 1983, covering the personal-computer market during the rise of the IBMIBMIBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is an American information technology company, renamed in 1924 from the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R).Open the full entry PC and compatibles.⁠[1]

In July 2013, IDG announced that U.S. PCWorld print publication would end the following month as it moved to digital; international print editions were to continue.⁠[2]

Its publishing business became Foundry in 2022, and Regent acquired Foundry in 2025.⁠[3][4]

PCWorld covers computer hardware, Windows, software and security through buying advice and how-to guides, alongside a digital magazine, newsletters and video.⁠[5]

Public links: X https://x.com/pcworld (opens in a new window); LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry https://www.linkedin.com/company/pc-world_2/ (opens in a new window); YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDC1Pas1aocEA5HBl7jp0ew (opens in a new window).⁠[6]