[Lee Davison] acquired an Acer laptop that didn’t have a display anymore. He had enough parts on hand to add in an LCD panel and give it a CCFL backlight. But when he started looking for an inverter ...

If you’re like most of us here at Hack a Day, you probably shudder at the amount of e-waste that gets thrown out — here’s a clever way to make some good use out of a broken laptop screen! [Victor] ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

Owning a Chromebook with a backlit keyboard can be exceptionally useful but it’s equally useful to know how to adjust that lighting. One backlight setting simply doesn’t work for every environment or ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Typing in the dark is a pain. You're in a meeting, taking ...

The first step is to perform a hard reset on your computer. Follow these steps: Turn off your computer. Remove the peripherals and the battery (if it is a laptop). Disconnect the power cord. Now, ...

Do you have a laptop that's either "pretty old" or "weird in some other way"? Did it ship without Windows from the factory, or did you flash its firmware with coreboot? You could help the Linux kernel ...