We recommend backing up your data and then erasing your computer's storage before donating, selling, or recycling your machine. Best Buy has a pretty extensive and well-known trade-in program that ...

Once that old laptop or printer stops working, you need to get rid of it. However, that can be easier said than done. Throwing it in the trash will only lead to more items that could be recycled ...

Your question is very timely as we come up on our bi-annual tech recycle awareness event scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26. If you live near a Data Doctors location anywhere in the country, you can take ...

If you have a growing graveyard of old printers and laptops in your closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, probably because ...

We've all got that "shelf of shame" -- a graveyard of ancient laptops, tangled power bricks and printers that haven't seen an ink cartridge since 2010. Letting this e-waste sit in your house is a ...

When I finally admitted my old desktop and wheezing inkjet were never coming back into regular use, I assumed getting rid of them would be expensive or a hassle. Instead, I discovered that I could ...