There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

Before you junk your old computer or external solid state drive, here’s how to thoroughly wipe all your data, because it’s ...

About 10 years ago, a prominent tech executive confidently informed me that computer files would become obsolete. The exec was Bret Taylor, who at the time was building a Microsoft Word alternative ...

Robert Johnson, who used to be the publisher of Newsday, was indicted on Tuesday for possessing child pornography and for attempting to destroy evidence. A pair of incriminating movies were found on ...

If you have ever worked with computer graphic images, whether they be from digital cameras, found on the web, or you create them yourself, then you know there are a lot of image file formats that are ...

If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

Nothing’s sweeter than watching karma run on company time.

Windows Explorer allows you to browse the files and folders stored on your Windows computer or attached media. By default, Windows Explorer displays the names of files and folders in black font. Files ...

Computers have so many USB ports that picking one to use can be hard. With a simple inspection, you can easily decide which ...

Q: My computer is frequently held captive by a system process identified as ccSvcHst.exe that seems to run randomly. It utilizes 97 to 100 percent of system resources for up to 45 minutes at a time ...