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  Laptop not charging

  Reader Bballgurl84life's laptop battery isn't charging.

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  Laptop tips: Add RAM, recycle a hard drive

  It's been almost a year since I served up some nice, hot laptop tips--and that's inexcusable. I'll make it up to you this week with some useful advice on adding memory to a laptop, turning an old laptop hard disc into an external drive, and using you...

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  Caring for your laptop

  You're more likely to damage a laptop than a desktop PC (no one has ever driven off, forgetting the desktop on top of their car), and once damaged, laptops are harder and more expensive to repair.

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  Add RAM to a laptop

  So my dad was griping that his Acer Aspire 9300 laptop takes forever to boot. I inspected it for spyware, excessive startup programs, and the other usual suspects, but everything checked out.

• Jailbreak Your iPad (Plus 8 Things to Do With It)

  Apple's iOS 4 enables multitasking and other new and useful features, but the iPad can't join the party until this fall. If you jailbreak your iPad, however, you can multitask today--and that's just the beginning.

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  Your old computer, born again

  They're collecting dust in storage rooms and taking up extra space in your garage or office. They can't handle today's applications, peripherals or operating systems. Yes, older computers are a nuisance, like the brother-in-law who sleeps on your sof...

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  Three quick ways to improve laptop battery life

  Like chocolate and episodes of Mad Men, there's no such thing as too much battery life.