Corporations and organizations don't need to buy new computers every two or three years because the old ones are no longer serviceable. We look at which tasks these hardware seniors can handle.

Even though your computer does not come with its own GPS, you can hack one onto it using a mobile phone. Although, it does take quite a bit of fiddling.

LibreOffice, Calibre, and Sigil help would-be authors with do-it-yourself ebook publishing.

With the eelo project, Gaël Duval has big plans for a free-licensed phone, with an accompanying app store and online services.

KiCad helps you design printed circuit boards with up to 32 layers, checks for optimal placement, and supplies schematics and assembly diagrams in the popular Gerber format for submission to PCB manufacturers.

Brown Dog Gadgets is making science education more accessible and affordable with open hardware.

The name of the tool that columnist Charly Kühnast recommends this month may sound like the Teletubbies, but it is but far from infantile when it comes to functionality. In fact, inxi provides detailed and precisely controllable hardware and system usage information for the host computer.

At the intersection of free software and crowdfunding, a USB password manager offers an innovation in security.