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A laptop overheating is one of the most common reasons our clients have problems with their machines. Using your laptop on anything but a hard surface is a big culprit, but the fastest and most efficient way to break your laptop is to carry it around inside your laptop bag or sleeve while it’s turned […]
All Maine households are welcome to recycle computers and drop off electronics with us at our facility in Waterville. We accept and recycle electronics and retired tech for reuse. It’s part of our mission to help support digital inclusion all over New England while keeping e-waste out of landfills. If you’re a business in search […]
Learn IT | Why you should never use a laptop in your lap Don’t use a laptop in your lap? Is this some kind of joke? What next? Playing basketball without a basket? Earbuds you don’t put in your ears? We’re not kidding. The last thing you ever want to do with a laptop is […]
Learn IT | How to Identify a Phishing Scam Of all the ways cybercriminals can mess with you, phishing scams are the most preventable… in theory. Sometimes, a perfect storm arises in the form of an email from a trusted friend’s hacked account at a time when you’re distracted or vulnerable. That’s what happened to […]
Learn IT | Tips for extending laptop battery life When you get right down to it, battery life is the difference between having a healthy, truly portable laptop computer and having an ultralight desktop computer. If your battery can’t hold a charge, you will constantly have to plug into a power supply which cancels out […]
