Shopping for back to school used to mean a trip to Target to buy notepads, binders, pencils, erasers and a “Spongebob Squarepants” pencil box. Now it means a visit to Best Buy, Office Max or clicking ...

There's never been a better -- or more confusing -- time to buy a computer. That's because computers are remarkably inexpensive, the selection is broad and varied, and an assortment of advances has ...

It’s a confusing time for computer buyers, and that makes this annual spring buyer’s guide to desktop computers harder to write than usual. Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system is in its last ...

Here we have a U.S. senator, drafting a new law specifically requiring the government to know what a computer will do before it is purchased. And the law would also require the computer to actually do ...

The last time I browsed the selection of desktops in a computer store, I came down with a case of instant deja vu. Each time I'd spot a thoughtful feature on one company's PC -- say, both USB and ...

Apple said on Monday it had expanded a program that provides parts and training to independent repair shops to cover its Mac computers. The Apple-1 Computer motherboard was in the first batch of ...

In the midst of the economic downturn and with the growing market for smart phones, low-margined netbook computers and cloud computing, Dell is having a hard go of it in its core business of desktop ...