Jack Wallen

If your phone gets lost or stolen — or if you decide to return or recycle it — you need to wipe it clean of your private data.

You don’t want your personal data to fall into the wrong hands if your phone gets lost or stolen. These apps let you wipe an Android phone and keep your private info private.

The addition of drop-down lists can make your LibreOffice Calc spreadsheets more flexible and powerful. Get instructions on adding them in Calc.

Bad hardware, hackers, a corrupted update — your Windows server is a heartbeat away from disaster. Here are some good tools to help safeguard your data.

Certain well-known software and hardware products simply aren’t very good — in fact some are barely usable, says Jack Wallen.

If you do a lot of writing using LibreOffice, these handy extensions will help you spot mistakes and polish your work.

Find out why Jack Wallen thinks you should use the built-in Android Task Manager tool on your tablet instead of any of the other third-party task managers.

The Forms Wizard in LibreOffice Base makes it easy to create forms so any user can enter data in a database. Follow along the Forms Wizard’s eight-step process.

Outlook PST files can become corrupted — and when that happens, work grinds to a halt. If your organization relies on Outlook, one of these tools could save the day.

See why Jack Wallen says the free LibreCAD application is the perfect middle ground between a standard drawing tool and a proprietary CAD system.

This new collection of Android apps features everything from a friendly keyboard to a convenient payment processor to a versatile music player.

In honor of National Clean up Your Computer month, here some top picks for Linux system cleaners.