Your Facebook is sending messages to people you haven't spoken to in years, and your Instagram is pushing links to some random giveaway. Your name is all over it, but…
Your laptop keeps warning you that the drive is almost full, or it takes forever to open a Web browser, so you decide it's time for more memory or a…
You're mid-sentence and the keyboard doubles a letter you only pressed once, or a key just stops registering entirely. It's infuriating, and the instinct is immediate: time for a new…
Most people hear it for the first time and assume it’s just a stiff hinge, or maybe the lid catching on something. They open the lid, the laptop works fine,…
You open your browser and the homepage is different, or there’s a toolbar sitting at the top of the screen that wasn’t there yesterday, or you glance at the taskbar…
Someone may have told you at some point that you can wipe your computer and start afresh, and it’s good advice in the right situation. Many computers even have a…
The tap that shares more than you realize You download a new app, open it for the first time, and a pop-up appears: "Allow this app to access your contacts?"…
You needed your computer an hour ago, but instead you’re staring at a screen that says 35 percent complete, and it’s been saying 35 percent complete for the past 45 minutes.…
When you bought your laptop, the battery probably lasted most of the day. Now you're hunting for a power outlet by mid-morning and carrying a charger everywhere you go. At…
Hard drives don't usually fail without warning; they fail without the owner noticing the warning. There's a difference, and it matters, because the window between the first sign of a…
