Burn videos into your CD-R in a few simple steps. A CD-R is an external storage device that is used to save file for backup or reproduction purposes. Unlike a CD-RW, anything that is burned or written onto a CD-R cannot be modified or tampered. “Burning” is the process of writing files to a storage […]
Image Credit: Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images If you’ve forgotten your BIOS password, or if someone has changed the password on your Toshiba laptop without your permission, then there are a couple things that you can do to reset the password and access your computer. While the best idea is to contact Toshiba support, if you no […]
Start strong with your Word text elements. Image Credit: lucky336/iStock/Getty Images Paragraph breaks, kerning and line spacing are ways you can lay out your page in Microsoft Word 2013, but one way to really draw the eye and give a reader a sharp starting point is with a drop cap. This stylistic choice makes the […]
An Ethernet network bridge is a device which connects two different local area networks together. Both networks must connect using the same Ethernet protocol. Bridges can also be used to add remote computers to a LAN. Many bridges can connect multiple computers or other compatible devices with or without wires. Types There are two common […]
One of the biggest decisions for TV fans is whether to choose cable or satellite as their television service provider. Since most areas only have one cable company, satellite TV, especially leading provider DirecTV, can be a welcome alternative. Both promise the best service and the lowest prices, but which one is the best for […]
Image Credit: bernardbodo/iStock/Getty Images The default name of the local computer address is called “localhost.” Therefore, the localhost is the address of the computer that an application is running on in a network. It is also known as the loopback address because it is the same address as the loopback network interface. The IP address […]
Image Credit: Dragan Radojevic/iStock/Getty Images A tangential line is a straight line on a graph that runs tangent to a curved line made up of data points. Excel has the ability to create a trendline automatically, or you can manually draw the tangential line on the graph. The tangential line is drawn touching a curved […]
USB flash drives Copying information from a USB dongle or a flash USB drive is much like copying files between two hard drives or from a CD or DVD to a hard drive. Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X even feature easy keyboard shortcuts that make copying files off USB drives or USB dongles […]
Webmail is an email service that is accessed through a web browser rather than through an application the way that mail clients such as Outlook does. Syncing webmail services with an iPhone is very easy so long as you’ve done the setup so that your iPhone has access to the webmail account. Note that webmail […]
Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images KVM and VMware VSphere/ESXi are both bare metal virtualization solutions. A bare metal virtualization software is a mini operating software operating on a physical machine whose sole purpose is to manage several virtual machines. With virtualization, each physical machine can host several independent operating systems. Virtualization is used to maximize the […]
