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6 DIY Laptop Repairs for Common Mishaps

As much as we'd like to think that our $2000+ laptop is going to last forever, the reality is that things break, tear and scratch. Good to know, though, that a lot of common repairs can be done on the...

Have You Lost Tech in a Tragedy?

That up there? Yep, that's my car. One second I was cruising through a green light and the next second I was crushed, cut up, bruised—and minus one iPod. In all the bumping around, everything th...

Remove a Broken Lightbulb with a Plastic Water Bottle

So we're sure you all know the old potato trick for removing the metal threaded base of a broken light bulb from a socket. The idea is to get a good grip on the broken piece without actually touching ...

Do You Ever Buy Off-Brand Accessories?

Above: An obviously not Apple power cord attached to my very Apple PowerbookI've just moved and I'm still getting settled unpacking my things. In an effort to save some much needed cash, I took on the...

What Do You Do When Coffee Meets Computer Keyboard?

An article on MakeUseOf.com by Jackson Chung details his experience with spilling an entire cup of coffee on his MacBook. Sounds like bad news, right? But there was some good news, too: He got it back...

The "G-Fail" Resonates through Twitter, the Whole World

We hope you didn't have a late-night project to finish up. Most of us here in the US were asleep, but starting around 9:20 am GMT (4:20 am EST or 1:20 am PST), G-Mail and most of the Google network wa...

When Your Bills are Late and the Bank's Web Site is Down

Nothing is more frustrating than when somebody breaks the internet. Whether it's your personal connection faltering or a bandwidth issue on the server's end, it always seems that the very moment you n...

Broken Gadget? No Warranty? Take it Apart!

Stuff breaks. For no reason sometimes. We broke the little USB hub for our Rock Band controllers last night, and we have no clue how we did it. Assuming that those little gizmos aren't too expensive t...

How To: Buy a Good Used Laptop

All it takes is one "oh shit!" moment and you're suddenly left without a laptop. Those of us with champagne tech tastes living on beer budgets often turned to used gadgets, either from a friend or a c...