Keeping your microwave clean is important for more than aesthetic reasons.

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ZDNET's key takeaways Frequent computer maintenance is key to keeping your desktop performing at its best for years after purchase.It's an important habit to build early on, and most tools you'll need ...

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Michelle Ehrhardt is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Earlham College, where she also double majored in theatre. She also holds an MFA in game design ...

Modern gaming consoles and PCs deliver incredible performance, but sustained power comes at the cost of heat, dust, and long-term component stress. Without proper care, even premium hardware can ...

If you've been gaming as long as I have, you've watched the medium evolve from simple 2D side-scrollers to sprawling, photo-realistic worlds. And as games have grown more ambitious, the screens we ...