Before selling, donating, or recycling your outdated laptop or desktop, protect your privacy with this important step By Nicholas De Leon Looking for a new home for an old laptop or desktop computer?

Clean your computers of all your data. Clean your computers of all your data. If you’re selling your Windows computer or passing it on to someone else, you’re going to want to first wipe everything.

We spend a lot of time looking at our desktop monitors and laptop displays. Unfortunately, computer screens attract all manner of dust, fingerprints, and grime, which can be distracting and unsightly.

You probably look into it more than your life partner’s eyes, yet when you stare at your computer screen, you’re doing so through smudges, lint, and grime that make websites harder to read and put ...

Even for people who are fastidiously clean, electronics-obsessed or just plain old germaphobic, keeping a laptop screen clean can feel like an insurmountable and never-ending chore. Laptop screens get ...

Disk Cleanup is another utility that is accessible regardless of your Windows version. The easiest way to open it is to search for "Disk Cleanup" in the search bar and bring up the window.

Computers are essential to modern life, but many users forget that regular cleaning is just as important as software updates. Over time, dust, pet hair, and debris can build up inside your device, ...

It’s easy to ignore a dusty or smudged computer screen—until the glare from a nearby window makes every fingerprint and dust particle impossible to overlook. Whether you use a desktop monitor or a ...

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices are essential for work and play in our daily lives. But all that time spent typing, scrolling or listening also means our ...