Desktop and laptop computer LCD monitors sport a long light bulb to display the video. When this bulb burns out, the screen dims to almost black. Failing backlights can also cause the picture to ...

Do you have a laptop that's either "pretty old" or "weird in some other way"? Did it ship without Windows from the factory, or did you flash its firmware with coreboot? You could help the Linux kernel ...

The nature of the display technology is such that the use of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in it will result in the backlight bleeding phenomenon sooner or later. It can range from minimal to extreme ...

If you are a night owl and spend long hours working in darkness, having an illuminated keyboard can be a big help. A backlit keyboard is one where the keys are illuminated to get better visibility in ...

Images of 1990s and 2000s era laptops are like looking at steampunk hardware. Like, what!? No way laptops used to be that huge, that thick. Were they literally powered by steam engines? My 12" iBook ...