Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

As you probably know, formatting a hard drive doesn't completely erase the data on it. You must overwrite the data to securely destroy it, preferably multiple times. Windows 8 let's you do this with ...

Apple's Siri is rumored to be on its way to OS X, but Google now offers some impressive voice input features on the desktop through its Docs software. The company has announced the online-based Docs ...

Microsoft Word has the most advanced formatting commands of any word-processing program available. To get the most out of them, however, you really must use a mouse, the hard-shelled rolling device ...

Today’s tip shows how to format a USB flash drive with NTFS using Command Prompt and PowerShell commands. Command Prompt This example shows how to “quick format” a memory stick mounted on D: drive to ...

The best time-saving Mac shortcuts for writing, browsing, file management, and everyday tasks This article walks through some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts for Mac that perform the same ...