We may be a country obsessed with fixing our homes and tricking out our cars, but we usually throw away our PCs when they start to give us trouble. These days, however, the recession and the tight ...

Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? Here's how to transform an old PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, build ...

Got an old computer collecting dust in a closet or tucked under a desk? You're not alone. Many people hold on to aging desktops and laptops, either as backup machines or because they still run "just ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

Stop hoarding dead technology. These stores will take your old gadgets off your hands for free. If you have a growing graveyard of old printers and laptops in your closet, you're not alone. A recent ...

As time passes and you accrue more belongings, tech in particular, you may end up with a lot of unused old gear. You could trash it or recycle it the old-fashioned way, or you could repurpose it.

Computers used to be a lot more complicated and bulky to use compared to nowadays. These old-school accessories were ...

It's inevitable that, at some point, you'll have to replace old computer parts and swap them out for new ones. This might be a result of a particular component breaking or because you want to upgrade ...

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