There is a sense of complete wonder at the insides of a computer, and it’s something I find both worrying and surprising. I am of the first generation for whom computers have been standard items in ...

This week we ran through the basic steps of building your first computer, but there’s a lot more info out there. Here’s some more reading that we recommend for both the building process and what to do ...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Moving her finger over the laptop trackpad, 6-year-old Lauren Meek drags and drops a block of code to build a set of instructions. She clicks the “run” button and watches as the ...

Many school districts are reluctantly cutting staff and dropping courses in a desperate effort to respond to tighter budgets. But some educators are looking at ways to save money and improve ...

To start, open up your case's box, take out the case, and open it up. Usually this involves unscrewing a few thumb screws on the back of your case and sliding the side panels off. Take a good look ...

Over the decades, as computers have become less scarce, they have been put to less and less valuable use. (I confess I have caught myself adding three numbers in Excel.) Computers were once used only ...