Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? Here's how to transform an old PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, build your own security cam, and more.

Did you know that many of the computer programs you use came out in the 1990s or even earlier? I didn't realize that, but there are quite a few pieces of software on my desktop that are as old or ...

PC vendor Maingear is tapping into 1990s nostalgia again with the Retro98, a desktop that looks like a home computer your dad might've owned. The fully built PC harkens back to an era when dial-up ...

Back when computers were harder to come by, and regularly banished to the ubiquitous computer room if they were in the home at all, they had a few features that can seem a little tricky to place the ...

The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do. Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ran… ...