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Don’t fall for deceptive domain names and URLs

One way not to get fooled as you use the web is for you to be a little more familiar with domain names and URLs. False domain names and URLs have been used to trick and defraud people in the past and is still happening today. A domain name which is simply the address of a website is a component of a URL. Here’s an example of a URL: https://www.example.com/index.html https:  the web protocol www:  the host name example:  the second-level domain com:  the top-level domain index.html:  the website resource name Here’s another “similar” example: https://www.example.com.fraud.net/index.html example:  the fourth-level domain com:  the third-level domain fraud:  the second-level domain net:  the top-level domain A careless user will see this second URL and then click without noticing that the actual domain name of the website is  fraud.net . Also watch out for domain names which are close in similarity to popular and legitimate websites. For ex...

Can I use Mendeley with LibreOffice Writer (on Windows)?

The answer is a big yes! Mendeley works with Microsoft Word as well as LibreOffice Writer. As you may know, LibreOffice is a free and open source software suite and can be downloaded from here . To get Mendeley, download from here . Having installed the two software, do the following: 1: Open Mendeley, go to Tools → Install LibreOffice Plugin 2 : Open LibreOffice Writer. You should see the newly added Mendeley tools just below the menus (as seen below). And that does it!