When you give an expensive toy to a child it is not unusual to find that they are more interested in the packaging than the gadget inside. This can be quite depressing, except if they are interested ...

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Just the other day, I had to read the manual. I’d borrowed my neighbor’s hammer drill to make some holes in a masonry wall, and I didn’t know how to swap the bits. Fortunately, the drill’s carrying ...

When you last bought a new electronic device did you look at the instruction manual? If your answer is a resounding “no”, then you are not alone. Studies show that many of us don’t bother to read the ...