An old laptop or computer is made up of unusual and toxic components (like an old lithium ion battery), so it can’t just go into the trash our out with your curbside recycling. Fortunately, most big ...

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To donate to Goodwill, use Dell's How to Recycle page to find a drop-off location. You can also rid of your old computer through Best Buy, either over the mail or in person. To recycle the computer, ...

Think your old, broken laptop is worthless? Dell doesn't. At CES in Las Vegas, the computer giant announced a new initiative to mine old or broken laptop parts for gold. Yes, gold. As strong ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

Dell's no longer just an electronics company -- it now makes jewelry too (sort of). It has teamed up with actor and activist Nikki Reed on the Circular Collection, which comprises pieces made from ...

I own an entry-level, two year old Dell laptop* and am trying to speed it up as much as possible by eliminating any unnecessary software that runs in the background: using the task manager, I counted ...

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