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Monday, November 29, 2010

About Internet / Network Security: This Week: Securing Your Notebook PC / MacBook

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From Andy O'Donnell, your Guide to Internet / Network Security
The holiday shopping season is well underway. Make sure that new MacBook you just bought yourself doesn't get stolen before it loses its new Mac smell. This week's theme: Securing Your Notebook PC / MacBook. I've included articles and product reviews to help you stay safe.

5 Security Tips to Make Your MacBook a Mobile Fort Knox
It's powerful, it's shiny, and everyone wants one, including thieves and hackers. Your MacBook holds your world: work files, music, photos, videos, and a lot of other stuff you care about, but is your MacBook safe and protected from harm? Let's take a look at 5 MacBook Security Tips you use to make your MacBook an impenetrable and unstealable mobile data fortress... Read more

Security Product Review: LAlarm Laptop Anti-theft Alarm App
LAlarm is an anti-theft application for Windows-based laptops. LAlarm emits an audible alarm, sends an e-mail notification to the owner (if connected to a network), and can optionally destroy a predetermined set of files if one or more of the following configurable conditions are met:... Read more

Security Product Review: IAlertU - Anti-theft Alarm for Mac
IAlertU is a free, open-source theft alarm application for newer MacBooks and MacBook Pros (not compatible with iBooks or PowerBooks). IAlertU makes use of the MacBook's built-in motion sensor and iSight camera for alarm triggering and image capture of the would-be thief. You can even use an Apple Remote to arm and disarm the alarm as you would with a car alarm... Read more

DIY iPhone-connected Home Security Cam Experiment - Week 2
Last week I chose and installed an iPhone-connected home security camera system. This week was the official "real world" test of my newly installed system. My family and I were out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday so I wanted to use the system to keep an eye on our cats and the perimeter of our house... Read more

 


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