So, you want to be a graphics designer? If you are just starting out, the number of specialized software products and their hundreds of different features can be, and often times are, overwhelming. And to make the things even worse, many software architects come up with cumbersome user interfaces, which hide many of the frequently needed options behind layers and layers of complex menus.
Since you are a beginner, you will want to choose an application that's as easy-to-use as possible. Of course, the app shouldn't do that by sacrificing design power. You need a piece of software that can unleash its power as you learn more and more of its inner secrets. I strongly believe that many software developers could learn many things from Pixlr, for example... Read more

Many wireless electronics share the same 2.4 GHz band with your router, causing serious problems, because your devices have to resend their requests over and over, until they get a clear response.
Most people are able to get rid of these problems by switching to the 5 GHz band, which is much less crowded. Still, this change may introduce other problems, because signal strength decreases as frequency increases. In other words, you will get a faster wireless connection, but only if you are close enough to the router. As an alternative, you can try and make the Wifi signal stronger by using an external antenna cable adapter, which is connected to a high gain, unidirectional 2.4 GHz antenna that points towards the problem area. Believe it or not, some high-gain antennas can extend the Wifi range up to several miles... Read more

This article will show you what are the top three most popular CMSs. So, let's examine their strengths and weaknesses.
1. WordPress
WordPress is by far the most popular CMS. In fact, some stats claim that this content management system is installed on close to a third from the total number of websites that are available on the Internet.
It is easy to install WordPress, and the entire process won't take you more than a minute. Then, you can either customize it by playing with its PHP code, or you can add one of the hundreds of thousands of predefined themes, which will dramatically change its appearance. Finally, adding and deleting posts and pages is a breeze... Read more