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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your computer keyboard just like other things you own won't be usable anymore in the future. It's either its electronic component went haywire or it's just too outdated for your needs. You might think ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WALTER ZERLA / GettyImages If you have a keyboard that's outdated or beyond repair, think twice before tossing it into a dumpster.

Bojan Paduh, founder and president of the Electronic Recycling Association (ERA), a Vancouver, British Columbia-based nonprofit focused on recycling and refurbishing obsolete electronics, has released ...