LoJack For Your Laptop
It was only a matter of time before a location tracking app found its way into laptop security software. Laptop Cop, which lets you remotely control your computer and delete files if it is stolen ... on, more or less. Laptop Cop costs $50. It does come with those other features as well. But if you want [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 17:43:53
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Intel Reviews Computrace
Chris Hubbard over at Intel posted a review of Computrace by Absolute Software earlier this month ... , tracking down the laptop and/or preventing the laptop from booting at all. “When paired with disk ... works. As Chris describes: “When using Computrace, once a day your laptop will use the available [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 23:10:25
Road Trip: Boston to Baltimore
So, again, like a dumbass, I have to get out of bed at oh-dark-thirty, leaving behind a perfectly warm and sleepy wife, ... , brush off snow from truck and wife's car.0610: return to kitchen, grab sea bag and laptop bag0615 ... tracking nicely despite the iffy secondary road conditions. Roads improve considerably once we're [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:30:00
Urban Bag Lust: Freitag
I discovered Freitag's bags in a local San Francisco travel store; they're made by bicycle geeks for bicycle geeks, ... and again, more used bicycle inner tubes. They have a huge warehouse and spend time tracking down trucking ... laptop sleeves (even for the Air), you can even design your own bag, and it looks like they really [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:20:18
Rumor: Sony Vaio P to sell for just under $1000
Sascha at Eee PC News has received a tip about the upcoming Vaio P subnotebook from Sony, and if his info is correct then it will be fairly safe to say this mini-laptop ... of tracking device in the keyboard instead of a touchpad which would take up too much space [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:46:38
Yahoo Has Eyes on Internet TV
Yahoo is finally doing what so many of us have been begging them to do: something Google hasn’t already done ... can you expect? Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of your TV, your laptop on your lap ... (i.e. weather and stock tracking). Yahoo says that widgets will not be limited to the big brands [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:24:16
What’s Going On at BlogTalkRadio for the Holidays?
Tired of listening to the same tired radio Christmas carols over and over? Seen A Christmas Story for the jillionth time? ... a few logs on the fire and pour something to warm your tummy. Now gather your family around the laptop ... Radio will spend this evening tracking Santa [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 16:53:28
QStarz BT-Q1000X Bluetooth GPS data-logger
QStarz have announced what they’re calling the world’s most powerful Bluetooth-enabled GPS data-logger. The BT-Q1000X uses the latest MTK II high-sensitivity chipset with 66-channel tracking ... to a smartphone or laptop as a wired or wireless GPS receiver. Data can be outputted and mapped [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 11:44:47
Sony teaser shows subnotebook with tracking nub
I’m 90% certain that when Sony’s new P-series subnotebook is released it will cost far too much to be considered a netbook. But from the glimpses we’ve seen so far, it’s still a pretty nifty looking ultraportable laptop ... and what appears to be some sort of tracking pointer in the middle of the keyboard. In other words [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 16:31:12
The Toby Young Insult Tracker
Editors’ Note: Some of you may already be familiar with Mike from TV Food Fan, where he’s been doing very important work tracking former Top Chef stars, getting behind ... running on your laptop, right?!), you probably weren’t suspecting anything out of the ordinary [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 21:37:21
Tracking your stolen UMPC
Every year thousands of Laptops are stolen or lost in USA along and you could become part of these statistics ... stolen goods!Warning : Don’t buy Motorola Prototypes!RFID Passports Due in US in AugustStolen smart [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 10:56:00
Catching up with Keepon and its fancy new Wiimote controls
We met up with Marek Michalowski of BeatBots to find out what's next for Keepon, his world famous dancing robot ... is in the works. Keepon was joined by a clone of itself plugged into another laptop. The second unit was showing off its face-tracking abilities, watching visitors to the booth and streaming video [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 23:34:48
Tech layoffs: The scorecard
With the overall economy slumping, the tech industry is taking its fair share of hits ... coverage of how the tech sector is faring here: Tracking the tech downturn. Know of a layoff not listed ... One Laptop Per Child 01/07/2009 32 (50 percent) OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries Motion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:09:00
A home food scanner
I came across this on my internet travels today. It is a bar code scanner for your home that you can interface, with your laptop ... vegetable store, they aren’t bar coded. I am also allergic to numbers, and tracking things. I track [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:54:00
New Year’s Resolutions for Greater Productivity
An infinite blogger. I don’t talk much about business on this blog, ... . Implement proper time-tracking. Use a simple grid sheet where you can quickly mark units of time ... your laptop like a desktop computer. By that, I mean get to your desk and connect it a full size monitor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 12:26:48
GPS Surveyor
Author: Thomas Dvorak The GPS Surveyor is an effective tool for acquiring precise position data for surveying and vehicle tracking applications among others. Two GPS receivers gather the data, which is then downloaded to a laptop for processing. The system comprises two modules, each including a GPS receiver and antenna, a ZigBee [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 00:28:28
Track Initiative
How do you track player and NPC initiative in combat? ... & SoftwareNow days almost every DM has a laptop, smartphone, or some sort of personal disorganizer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 15:49:40
Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator
Follow this Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a range of simple vector objects based around the theme of a designer’s lifestyle, ... or website designer: Macbook Pro Laptop Apple Mac Mouse Pencil Pen Ruler Set Square Notepad iPhone ... a small circle to symbolise the tracking ball and add a 1pt and 0.5pt stroke respectively. Use the Align [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 03:24:30
Cnet Digital Camera Reviews
Using Google as a research aide for her thesis on money laundering was a common occurrence of one individual law school student ... , she is not technology minded, and secondly, she uses her laptop only for academic research and paper writing ... appropriate. Admittedly spyware has beneficial uses such as allowing the tracking of criminals, but those [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:04:16
Vinyl albums alive and well, thank you
p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- As Vivendi Universal, EMI, ... other year since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991,” it stated, going on: “More than two ... , my last one in 2005 was done on a laptop in a home studio set up. You can’t stand in the way of technology [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 19:06:11
Special Delivery
Map showing ridiculous package route Since my laptop died on Wednesday of last week, I ordered an external enclosure for the laptop hard drive ... with the area). At that point, DHL gave the package to USPS. The next entry in the tracking data shows [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 02:22:53
New Year, New Laws: A Look at a Few Taking Effect
Yesterday, as revelers recovered from New Year’s Eve festivities, a bevy of new state laws took effect ... can now require satellite tracking of stalkers who repeatedly violate orders of protection, though most ... the use of text-messaging devices — including cellphones, BlackBerrys and laptop computers — while [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:26:53
New Year, New Laws: A Look at a Few Taking Effect
Yesterday, as revelers recovered from New Year’s Eve festivities, a bevy of new state laws took effect ... can now require satellite tracking of stalkers who repeatedly violate orders of protection, though most ... the use of text-messaging devices — including cellphones, BlackBerrys and laptop computers — while [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:24:00
Apple MacBook MB467LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop $1,539.99
Apple MacBook MB467LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop $1,539.99(2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Slot Loading SuperDrive) ... tracking area) and features includes Apple's Multi-Touch technology. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:00:00
Are Anti-Virus Programs Necessary For Mac?
I would like to start this article off by noting that I am *not* a computer security expert. I am merely an everyday Mac user like everyone else. Recently, there has been a lot of hoopla regarding Macs and their vulnerability to viruses. Apple initially recommended having one or multiple anti-virus programs running, then swiftly removed it; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:01:36
AMEE
As anybody who has looked into dieting or just improving their nutrition knows, there is a lot of conflicting advice on the impact of fats and carbohydrates on your body. But no matter what you ultimately conclude, you are now in the good position that you can select your food accordingly. This has become possible because in the US ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 10:31:33
Fare Thee Well
This was my office when I walked in this morning. The grand sweeping desk was gone. The two credenzas were gone ... out on the floor tapping away on my laptop, erupted in a fit of laughter I didn't know he was capable ... . Can I say I adore this guy? He's become one of my dearest friends.I continued tracking down the details [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 02:43:00
Sunday Brunch
Today’s blog contains more random jottings about children’s books past and present, starting with this group -- who definitely don’t seem like typical Sunday Brunch visitors: COOL FACT OR URBAN LEGEND?Several people have written in lately, asking “What music group is named for a book by Carol Beach York?” I didn’t have a clue [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 20:09:00
More Groups Than Thought Monitored in Police Spying
From Washington Post: The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers monitored -- and labeled as terrorists -- activists devoted to such wide-ranging causes as promoting human rights and establishing bike lanes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 03:01:00
2008 Gift Giving Guide: What we want, but can’t yet have
This installment of the Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide explores the not-yet-invented or completely outrageous gifts that would make our readers’ ... with every electrical object. Need to power your laptop, cell phone, television, sewing machine, dryer, iPod, or oven? All you need to do is grab the universal power cord! The perfect laptop bag [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 11:31:15
Gadgets gadgets gadgets
Gadgets gadgets gadgets Filed under: General Life, Shopping, Technology; GPS tracking devices are becoming more popular in everyday use. I’d like to have GPS tracking on all of our cell phones and cars. In this day and age, I hear ... , and the cars. If I had children, I’d want some GPS tracking device on them, too! Even my pets [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 23:08:50
The Essential Guide to Internet & Software for First-Time Computer Users
teaching computer to mom You bought a brand new laptop computer for mom - the Apple Macbook was too expensive so you settled for a Dell machine ... into KeepPass from day one. If you plan to carry this laptop in public places (like the Library), get this Laptop Alarm software that will emit a loud sound if someone tries to shut down your computer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:33:47
In Depth: Hands-on: Sony Vaio-P series review
I've just sat down with Sony's shiny, immaculately-designed new ultra-netbook (sorry 'portable PC') ... you my first impressions of the gadget that rocked CES in Vegas this year. For the laptop aesthete at least ... and suede pouch. Cost of said animal-skin laptop cover? £89.99 extra. Ouch! And yes, let's get that little [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:03:46
5 iPhone Apps to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
As we welcome another year, many of our readers are making resolutions to improve themselves. We’ve rounded up five iPhone apps ( ... -tracking, you just might make exercise fun! iFitness screenshot Other best bets: Lose It! (free), an app for tracking calories; iWorkout Lite (free), a video-based workout app that includes a basic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:08:08
Research Resources
Research Resources (ResearchResources.info) is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet for research which are listed below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 09:00:00
Top 10 future tools
Jane Hart has served the elearning field well this year, taking a Techcrunch role for learning technologies ... desktop/laptop access to the internet. I think 2009 will be a year where mobile applications continue their enormous growth. In the last several months, I have shifted significantly from my laptop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 19:32:05
No More Motorola, Hello iPhone!
Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr I have carried a PDA for years, beginning with a Sharp of some model over 15 years ago. I’ve owned several Sharp models, Palm units, Windows CE devices and lastly, Nokia Internet Tablets, although I know that these are not PDAs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 20:41:48
Friday Fun With Google Maps
The US After the Next Civil War Apparently a Russian’s professor has predicted that the United States will fall into civil war and segment into six ... Parents Track Your Children A GPS tracking device called Nu.M8 is being released so parents ... a map of how the world looks after a night out on the town or a world map as drawn by Seurat. GPS [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:16:00
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 05-Jan-09
Labels & Addresses Restores Holiday Card Sanity -- Readers share alternatives to using Address Book for printing cards and envelopes. (8 messages) Writer's submission tracking software for the Mac? A reader is looking for Mac software to track ... -- Adam's article prompts discussion of calendar software, limitations of iCal, and syncing event [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 08:06:49
Wireless USB multi-functional 10-key pad comes complete with music controls
Now those who just can’t give up the 10-key pad wont have to when they are out and about on their laptop or shiny new netbook ... . This wireless numeric keypad can attach itself to virtually any computer with the wireless USB dongle. tb-480x348 This keypad also includes a built-in trackball that they call the “Tracking [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 17:31:51
Best Road Map to The Most Outstanding Health Affiliate Program
If you’re showing this, then it’s pretty safe to accept that you are interested in marketing and very implicated in taking as much money as viable ... research and traffic tracking. Another very significant thing to look out for is the way products are sold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 06:36:52
This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia
Some stuff I’m reading this week… Cory Doctorow: willing science fiction into fact | Books | guardian.co.uk “A society that doesn’t protect unpopular ideas is one that is probably doomed.” Lessons from India in gender politics. - By Ray Fisman - Slate Magazine [ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 08:01:59
Focus
Today started out on a less than thrilling note. After getting up early with less than a full night's sleep ( ... to leave my laptop in my home office and only discovered that I was without it when I got to the office. So, back in the car to drive home, pick-up the laptop and head back to the office. Of course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 21:52:00
First XOs on their way to European G1G1 donors
After yesterday's indications that Amazon UK might cancel G1G1 pre-orders due to OLPC not fulfilling them within 30 days I was very relieved to ... from Amazon: G1G1 Global is shipping! Dear XYZ, Today One Laptop per Child shipped item(s) in your order ... from One Laptop per Child in package 1 of this shipment: 1 of OLPC XO Laptop Shipping Carrier: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 22:54:22
HP Touchsmart TX2 Laptop is a 12-inch Multitouch Wonder
HP's Touchsmart TX2 is awesome because its the first consumer-oriented convertible notebook to feature a multitouch technology built into the display. The 12.1-inch screen uses a capacitive touchpanel that can track two points simultaneously, operate with fingers or a stylus, and comes with the Mediasmart 2.0 interface customized for the notebook [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 05:01:00
Black Friday: 15 Tips for Buying a Black Friday Notebook (or Not Buying One)
It’s that time of year again, when notebook buyers across the country start plotting how they’re going to score a cheap notebook on Black Friday, ... tracking the deals on our Black Friday Notebooks page, but before you commit to neglecting your family ... and we’ll be tracking all of the deals on our Black Friday Notebooks page, but please consider [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 01:25:35
Top 10 Data Disasters and Recoveries for 2008
Knoll Ontrack’s put together a list of the top 10 data disasters and recoveries of 2008. The company’s Ontrack Data Recovery service is able to recover data from just about any hard drive or memory card, even when they’re physically damaged. The good news is that services like Ontrack’s can recover your precious memories even if it’s been through [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 10:46:45
Track Your Stolen Laptop For Free
Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there’s no need ... (or an agent of the owner’s choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:33:18
at the Apple Macworld keynote… Update: Apple marketing exec Phil Schiller just announced at Macworld that starting immediately, 8 million songs on iTunes will be available without copy-protection, and that “By the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs will be DRM free.” Apple will, as rumored, offer new prices, 69 cents, and $1.29 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:02:36
100+ More Ways to Organize Your Life
Last year we featured over 100 web applications to organize every aspect of your life, from your belongings to your social calendar, and more ... book lists. GuruLib - Home library organization application. allmythings - Secure home inventory software that offers both free and paid plans. WhatYah! - Organize and create complete lists [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 20:23:07
