Creating a chart (such as a bar or pie chart) is easy in OpenOffice, however there is no straightforward way to export a chart as an image. There is however a workaround that will allow you to do it using the companion program in the OpenOffice Suite, Draw. First, create your chart data in Calc: ...…
You may have heard of the ability to use alternative DNS providers. First I’ll explain what it is and then the different ways you can use it. DNS is Domain Name Server. All web sites start as raw IP addresses and are then resolved into actual names. You know what an IP address looks like, ...…
One the easiest ways to detect spyware or malware, should any exist on your computer, is to use a network scanning utility. It should be one that’s easy to use and tells you everything you need to know up front. In Windows, one of the best network traffic scanning utilities is TCPView. I use this ...…
Apple does not sell anything cheap, and this is widely known to be true. However this doesn’t mean you have to pay full price as long as you know where to look for deals on Apple hardware. Saving cash on Apple products starts by knowing where not to shop. Never shop at an Apple store ...…
I just had to replace a wi-fi router recently, and over the years I’ve developed a method for troubleshooting them so I know when to replace – because after all, you don’t want to spend cash on a new router unless you have to. Is it the network cable itself? Back in the late 1990s, ...…
