Mac Software

We have shared basic laptop theft tracking utilities earlier but multi-platform laptop tracking utility PREY is much more powerful and feature rich, the free software for Windows, Linux and Mac allows laptop owners to retrieve general status of the computer, list of running programs, active connections, detailed network/WiFi information, screenshot of desktop and even picture of thief (if a webcam is connected) by email if the laptop is determined stolen by periodic checking of an URL on internet.

Laptop owners needs to configure and activate PREY once and it will run in background periodically checking internet for pre-configured URL without getting noticed, if URL is found it will send e-mail with all tracking information attached.

Finally the much awaited iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" is released for public downloading, a more official announcement with detailed information is expected to be released in next few days from the developers the iPhone-Dev Team.

The new version of the free software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" allows iPhone owners to jailbreak and unlock older iPhones with firmware up to and including the new version 2.0, and jailbreak iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touches (so you can run 3rd party applications not supported by Apple and the new iPhone App Store), 3G iPhone unlocking is expected to be included in upcoming releases.

Opera released Beta 2 of their upcoming Opera 9.5 web-browser for public download, Opera is the most feature rich web-browser out-of-the-box, and Opera 9.5 is coming with another much sought after feature - inbuilt Anti-malware protection from Haute Secure (A well known community based malware database), Firefox 3 is the only other browser to have in-built anti-malware protection but it uses data from Google and StopBadware for blocking malicious webpages before it loads on your browser.

Every few second a laptop is stolen and most of them are never recovered, your laptop is not only a expensive hardware gadget but it also contains lot of information about you with all your data, and losing it posses a great danger.

There exist two well known services LoJack and Computrace offering software based laptop tracking, but both of them are not free, however there exist Laptop Alarm a free software for windows, acting just like an anti-theft siren found in cars, when activated the alarm rings a loud noise using laptop speakers when someone makes mouse activity, logoff/shutdown the laptop, remove power cord or unplugs the external mouse attached with your laptop, a similar solution for MacBook 'iAlertU' even photographs the would be thief using the Macbook in-built camera (iSight) and then email the photo to a user specified email address.

Laptop Alarm is just our first line of defense, Locate PC is yet another free software for Windows Vista/XP/Me/98 allowing you to track the stolen laptop, LocatePC runs unobtrusively on your computer, with no icons, popups or saved emails. If your computer is stolen then the thief will not even know that LocatePC is running, and as soon as they connect to the internet a secret email is sent to you containing the details that you need to track your hardware.

LocatePC needs a active POP email account without SSL (like Gawab.Com) for sending emails to you and it can only send email if a user is logged in to the PC, and the PC is connected to the Internet.

Apple released the next major version of their popular photo editing and management software "Aperture 2", with over 100+ new features, streamlined interface, faster performance and enhanced image processing capabilities the software seems to be worthy upgrade for its users.

Aperture 2 lets users directly upload portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery for viewing on the web using their .Mac account, Aperture also lets users sync their Aperture library to an iPhone or iPod. Or enjoy photos on a widescreen TV in high definition using Apple TV.

Fone2Phone is a new utility for MacOS allowing you to transfer your contacts, notes, dates, bookmarks, music, photos and videos from your old cell phone to iPhone easily.

Fone2Phone uses a bluetooth connection between your MAC and Old Cellphone to get data on the Mac, from where you can synchronize it to your iPhone.

Fone2Phone is not free and costs 12.52 euros, however a demo version can be downloaded from the author website.