How-to Tech
This How-to Tech section is full of great articles explaining how to handle the increasing amount of technological objects in your life. Visit the How-to Tech guide and learn how to become the tech expert in your household.
Seniors May Be As Hooked to Smartphones As Their Grandkids
Ridiculous History: SHOUTY CAPS Are a Much Older Invention Than You Think
The Transforming Gun Meant to Resemble a Smartphone
How to Use a Ring Light (Even If You're Not an Influencer)
What's the Difference Between Raw and JPEG Files?
How to Scrub Identifying Info From Your Digital Pics
What Is RGB Color?
10 Things That Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago That We Now Can't Live Without
Ancient Supervolcanoes Might Be Key to Our Energy Future
8 Jobs AI Will Replace and 8 It Won't (Yet)
Steganography: The Art of Hiding Messages in Plain Sight
Times Science Fiction Movies Accurately Predicted Future Technology
People Still Use Fax Machines, But, Um, Why?
How Rolex Came to Rule the Wrist
New MIT Headset Can 'Hear' Your Thoughts and Respond
Run, Jump & Climb Your Way Through Our Roblox Quiz
Can You Survive Our Minecraft Quiz?
How Tetris Went From Soviet Mind Game to Smash Hit
How Netflix's Password Crackdown Will Stop Moochers
How to Cancel Netflix
What's the Most-disliked Video on YouTube?
How Walkie-talkies Work
7 Best Ways to Charge Your iPod Without an Outlet
Inside an iPod Image Gallery
How to Track a Phone When It's Lost or Stolen
Are Burner Phones Really Untraceable?
Gen Z Is Ditching Smartphones for 'Vintage' Flip Phones
Does Your Home Need a Whole-house Surge Protector?
Inside an Electric Motor
What’s the Difference Between LCD and LED?
Why You Still Can't Make a Cellphone Call on a Flight
5 Myths About Mark Zuckerberg
Top 5 Myths About Bill Gates
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Spyware can track what you do on your computer and can even steal your passwords. But you can avoid it -- the trick is knowing how spyware programmers think.
By Peter May
Spyware may follow your every move on the Internet. Or it may record your passwords as you type them in to steal your identity. So how do you stop it?
Leaving your home network unsecure is like leaving your front door unlocked. How long will it be before someone finds that it's open and walks right in?
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Finding your parking spot, playing your music and calling your buddies isn't enough? There's another use for your precious iPhone, but don't blame us when it's stolen.
By Robert Lamb
So you have a shiny new iPhone and loads of applications available through Apple. But the apps you really want aren't there. Can you jailbreak your phone?
Your computer's hard drive has all your stored music, pictures and everything you've worked on for the past few years. What would you do if your hard drive crashed?
By Josh Briggs
Your computer is running slowly. You've checked it for viruses and spyware, but other than a few cookies, it's clean. So what's the problem and what can you do about it?
By Peter May
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So your computer got infected with a virus. It happens to the best of us. You've got to move on, but what do you need to do to get your computer back into shape?
Unlocking cellphones is not the problem it used to be. Here's how it changed.
Installing malware on your computer could enable crackers to take it over as a zombie computer. So what happens once you find out your machine's been hijacked?
You thought your home theater setup was nice until you watched TV at your friend's house. He's got it equipped with a surround sound system. How can you match his movielike audio quality?
By Jane McGrath
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If you love classic video games, have an old computer lying around and some skill with power tools, you could build your own home gaming machine.
There's an old adage that says if something seems too good to be true then it probably is. It's true on the Internet, too. So why are people still getting scammed?
A warm laptop might feel cozy when you're working on the couch, but that heat can damage your hard drive or burn your legs. How do you keep your machine cool?
By Julia Layton
Cheaters never prosper, right? Apparently not in video games. Otherwise, developers wouldn't encode cheat codes right into the games themselves. But the easy road isn't always easy.
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Preventing global warming means cutting down on carbon dioxide. But how do you know what your carbon footprint is, and how can you make your footprint smaller?
By John Fuller
Nobody likes to see the blue screen of death taunt you from your computer, but will fiddling with the Windows Registry fix the problem or make you live to regret it?
The cables for electronics devices come in an astounding variety. Should you buy gold-plated connectors? Do expensive cables mean better quality?
By Dave Roos
Unlike desktop computers, laptops are carefully designed to be extremely compact. That makes it difficult to get inside to add more memory, right? You might be surprised how easy it is.
By John Fuller
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Why build your own computer? Because you can make it to fit your needs exactly and save some money in the process. Plus, it's fun and easy to do.