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My colleagues have been nagging me about getting a NAS for years. As a tech geek, I really wanted one, but I found it hard to justify spending several hundred dollars on a dedicated enclosure. While ...

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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, ...

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Ah, the start of a new year. Out with the old, in with the new. Easier said than done, especially if “the old” refers to old computers piling up around the office. What can you do about them? Every ...

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