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Plug In the Right Way, Every Time with a Spot of Glue

We love Lifehacker's readers for genius little tips like these: Have you ever reached to plug your cell phone in to charge in the middle of the night and had the power cord connector oriented the wron...

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...

Power Bridge Turns Cord Management Upside Down

When your couch pillows get a little messy, you flip them over. When the coffee table gets a little cluttered, you might stuff some of that junk beneath the surface on a lower shelf. Why shouldn't we ...

PlugLock Keeps Big Transformers in Place

Sometimes the industrial design, or lack thereof, of some products amazes us. If whetever you're powering needs to have an enormous transformer attached, design the cord so it's placed somewhere in th...

Tech Tip: Use a Plastic Card to Organize Cables

So you've arranged your desk so that all your necessary peripheral cords and cables are mostly hidden. You've made sure just the business ends of your iPod and digital camera cords are peeking out. Th...

Make Your Own Charging Pocket from a Shampoo Bottle

At home, we've got our cell phone's power cord "wired" (read: we taped it) behind the headboard, giving us just a little piece of the business end of the charger sitting on our pedestal nightstand. Bu...

News: EU Cell Makers Adopt Standard MicroUSB Charger

On Monday, all of Europe's top mobile telephone suppliers—including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, Research in Motion and Samsung—agreed to back an EU-wide harmo...

GeekSugar Offers Up DIY Charging Station Tips!

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...

Psychodesign: When Gadget Design Fights Back

The mark of great design is in adapting a product to be more beautiful and at the same time to make it easier for its user to complete the task the it was born for. An article on Adbusters Magazine's ...

Knitted Power Cord Has Us In Stitches

Normally we try everything in our power to hide power cords from view. But we think this Knitted Power Cord made with cotton and acrylic blend yarn is so cool, we'd actually want a tangle of them arou...