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Undercover: stolen Mac recovery tool
Thinking about recovering your laptop in case of theft? Undercover from Orbicule (we've mentioned it before once or twice) sports a nice additional "feature" in terms of a money-back guarantee. If your Mac is reported stolen Undercover will monitor ...
Undercover: Mac anti-theft software
A
friend of mine sent me a link to a new piece of security/Mac-tracking software called Undercover. Essentially, this software runs in the background on your Mac and
periodically pings an Undercover Recovery Center. In the event of a stolen Mac, you ...
Undercover software tracks "stolen" Mac
The
team at Mac 360 "stole" a Mac in order to test Orbicule's Undercover, new anti-theft software for a Mac. David Chartier described
what Undercover does in an earlier post. The gist of it is that Undercover
tries to locate a stolen Mac by ...
Make intruders say cheese
As the holiday season approaches, so too does prime time for laptop theft. There are a few commercial (Undercover from Orbicule, MacPhoneHome and LoJack for Laptops) and beta-in-progress (iAlertU from SlappingTurtle) options for tracking down your ...
Behind the scenes at Apple Retail
Alex Frankel, a reporter for Fast Company magazine, recently undertook a two-year undercover project to investigate the ways companies train their retail staffs. Among his targets was Apple, and he has concluded that "Apple Stores, with their aura of ...
Weekend Review: This week's software
Each weekend we
review the software we've looked at over the past seven days. Here is this week's entry. Commercial
software
Comic
Life: Review of version 1.2
Nanosaur II: Mactel version
available
After
Effects 7: Now with Flash export!
...
Geek immortality is bestowed on one of our own
True geek heroes are made, not born. Well, the truth is, they're drawn -- by Nitrozac, in the perennial fan favorite Joy of Tech webcomic. The tech luminaries that have cartoon avatars include Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates... and now, ...
GDC09: iPhone gaming roundup
The Game Developers Conference is on in San Francisco, and game companies are starting to pull out the major announcements on what's coming to the iPhone in the next year. Here's a roundup of all the titles we've heard mentioned already.
EA ...
TUAW Review: MacTrak Theft Recovery Software
There are several applications available that will help find a lost or stolen Mac. Here at TUAW, we've talked about LoJack for Laptops, Orbicule's Undercover, MacPhoneHome, and iAlertU from Slapping Turtle. Most of these apps "find" the computer by ...
9 things I learned from almost losing my MacBook Air
I swear, getting old is not a lot of fun. Last night, I taught a class in data security for home and small business users at our local community college. There were a lot of good questions from the community education program students, so the class ...
Six things I learned from losing my iPhone 3G
A couple of weeks ago, I was on a two-day business trip to Kansas City. As usual, the moment my plane landed I turned on my iPhone and gave my wife call to let her know that I had made it to my destination safely. I told her I'd text her as I got my ...
Ask TUAW: rEFIt with Open Firmware passwords, iCal problems, iPod without iTunes, and more
In this edition of Ask TUAW we've got questions about using an iPod without iTunes, hotkey managers, iTunes locking up, getting rid of persistent iCal calendars, Open Firmware passwords and much more. As always, your suggestions are most welcome, and ...
