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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are there old electronic devices sitting around your house unused? Though it can be difficult to get rid of that old laptop, desktop or printer you've got sitting around -- even when it's been over a ...

Whether you're a tech junkie or a casual user who's seen every era of computing, you likely have plenty of old tech ephemera in your home. Maybe it's a desk drawer or closet (or even a tote) filled ...

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