New ways to get rid of old computers
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The U.S. may still lag behind much of the world in regulating e-waste, but the good news is that there are new solutions out there for responsibly disposing of your outdated equipment.
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More and more resellers of used computer equipment are charging to erase data that may still be left on hard drives.
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Now that digital cameras have overtaken  film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a  familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and  folders filling up computer hard drives?
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By MARTHA McKAY, STAFF WRITER  Ever wonder where old computers go to die?  Journalist Elizabeth Grossman did and became so concerned about the tons of electronic waste piling up around the world that she wrote a book about it.
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By Larry Avila, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.  Sep. 5--WITH A LITTLE COAXING, OLDER COMPUTERS CAN STILL BE USEFUL: It  breaks my heart whenever I see a classic muscle car from the 1960s rusting  away in a barn or open field.
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For worn-out electronic gear, the end of the road could be a Hewlett-Packard recycling plant in Roseville, Calif.Photos: HP's hardware graveyard
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Downsize Windows Vista's famously large installation footprint with a free software tool.
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By Jim Wasserman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 2--Pity the full-fledged computer store in a retail era when consumers can pluck their electronics off the shelf, along with shampoo and shoes, at big discount stores like Costco and Wal-Mart.
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By Tampone, Kevin  SYRACUSE - For those outside the world of information technology, mainframe computers that fill entire rooms may seem like relics of a bygone era.
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Get more efficient with free mail, Internet, file management and system utilitiy tools -- plus much more.
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For your next DIY project, pick up an old Pentium computer and a CompactFlash card and build a custom router/firewall.
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Have adware and spyware commandeered your computer? An extreme solution: erasing your hard drive and starting over.
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This is where computers go to die a green death.
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HP and Dell, which together sell more than half the country's PCs, get kudos for using more eco-friendly components and recycling their products when consumers discard them. By the Associated Press.
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Users are finding lots of inventive ways to lose precious files, say data recovery experts.
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Desktop search can help you sort through your computer's contents
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By Jim Puzzanghera  WASHINGTON  --  As new high-definition televisions fly off store shelves, millions of old sets soon could be flying into the trash.