Ready to give your old computer the heave-ho? Before you do, remember that computers often hold all kinds of personal and financial information that thieves could find valuable—passwords, account ...

Upgrading to a new machine is exciting, but what should you do with your old Windows 10 laptop? With Windows 10 support ending next month, many users are upgrading to Windows 11 and facing this exact ...

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The message from manufacturers is that you always need the next shiny new model. And unfortunately, with technology changing so fast, the reality is our old laptops, phones and other gadgets become ...

When it finally comes time to retire an old laptop, it can feel like saying goodbye to an old friend. Unfortunately, this old friend has all your passwords and personal information in their head… and ...

I love disposing of problems. The other day, I was presented with a disposal problem. As I was walking down the hall, I noticed a lot of old computer equipment sitting next to a pile of trash. My ...

Some things you expect to see by the side of the road: sidewalks, traffic signs, perhaps a bit of litter. But a computer monitor? Yet there one was, tucked amid the weeds, as I drove down a suburban ...

You can just toss that old hard drive in a drawer, which is the cheapest way to be sure nobody will access it, but if you’d just like to be rid of it, I’d recommend destroying it. Jim Rossman / TNS I ...

With mounds of old computers piling up almost as quickly as regulations on how to dispose of them, getting rid of old PCs has become a big financial burden for many colleges. But Boston University ...