When you buy a laptop, you get a warranty for if it breaks. Changing the Operating System on a laptop voids that warranty. That seems to be the belief of a London PC World store, if the experiences of ...

I just found this forum and am stumbling around it, so if this topic has been addressed before, please forgive me and point me in the direction of the previous topic. I cannot seem to get the quick ...

Most companies, especially those the size of Google, are always coming up with new ideas and filing patents to maintain ownership of the design or product. Because of this, Google owns the patents on ...

What is it with laptop companies spending millions on design and aesthetics… and then using a cheap hinge design that is almost guaranteed to break? After [Peter Zotov] spent hours trying to find a ...

A frequent point of failure on laptops is the hinges—we've seen more than our fair share of wobbly, broken, and glued together ones. This clever but simple hack turns your broken laptop into an all-in ...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom have come up with a multi-function laptop antenna that's able to squeeze inside a hinge. The tech packs Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, and ...

As everyone'e product cycles start to get back in sync after the disruptive impact of the coronavirus, eyes are turning to Microsoft’s Surface line-up in general and the Surface Book in particular.

A class action has been filed in the District of Delaware claiming HP Inc. has knowingly continued to sell laptops prone to becoming unusable when a plastic hinge part breaks. The complaint lists ...