Adeona The Laptop Tracking System

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. Adeona is an independent system which doesn't rely on any third party software or a central server; you install it and it works, nothing more to it. Adeona is designed to use the Open Source OpenDHT distributed storage service to store location updates sent by a small software client installed on an owner's laptop. It is an open source free software developed by a group of students/researchers in Washington, basically the software does what it says, to track the laptop thief by sending the IP address of the thief and a captured image of the thief with your webcam (mac only, why not PC. Adeona is a brand new project, so some aspects of the program (and the documentation) are not yet very user-friendly, ...
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Nikon D90 SLR

The long awaited Nikon D90 SLR camera got officially announced, the long rumored Nikon D90 SLR camera is officially announced by Nikon and every the details about this highly anticipated DSLR camera are available now. The Nikon D90 is the industry's first DSLR camera to support SanDisk Extreme III SDHC cards at increased performance, and this new SDHC card makes it possible to record 39 images at 4. As the world’s first mid-class D-SLR with movie function which offers truly cinematic results, stunning image quality and innovative high-performance features inherited from Nikon’s new-generation DX-format flagship D300, the D90 opens new doors for photography enthusiasts of any level. The Nikon D90 features a movie function which offers truly cinematic results, and innovative high-performance features inherited from the Nikon D300. More than just a new camera, the D90 represents a new era of digital SLR fun and creativity. The new Nikon D90 prosumer ...
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Internet Explorer 8

Windows Internet Explorer 8 is the next version of Microsoft’s popular browser. Internet Explorer 8 is currently available in English and will soon be available in German and Simplified Chinese. You may already be aware of this, but if not, Internet Explorer 8 is currently available in beta today. Bill Gates in his last public speech as Chairman of Microsoft announced that his company is going to release a feature complete test-version of their next-gen web browser ( Internet Explorer 8 ) aka IE 8 in Quarter of 2008. Participation in the Technical Beta will enable you to evaluate a common release of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the ability to submit feedback, post bug reports, download software answer surveys on product quality as well as vote on top bugs filed by others from the technical beta program. At the end of the past week, Eric Lawrence, IE Program Manager, revealed the ...
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Eye-Fi

Eye-Fi has developed an SD memory card that is embedded with a wireless radio transmitter, to allow for automatic uploading of digital photographs to the home computer and/or a variety of the most popular online photo-sharing websites. Eye-Fi Share includes unlimited, secure Web-sharing service that allows users to automatically upload photos directly to their preferred photo sharing, social networking or blogging site, using their home wireless network. Eye-Fi announced three new wireless SD memory cards, including the Eye-Fi Explore, which will automatically add geographic location tags to each photo and will allow users to upload their memories from Wi-Fi hotspots. By offering three different Eye-Fi Cards and new features, the goal is to give consumers exactly what delights them. The original Eye-Fi Card, now called Eye-Fi Share, is designed for the photographer who wants to effortlessly upload images directly to their preferred photo sharing site in addition to their computer. And, ...
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Desktop Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization creates a separate OS environment on the desktop, allowing non-compatible legacy or line of business applications to operate within a more current desktop operating system. Desktop virtualization is designed for scenarios in which you need to support multiple operating systems, whether in tech support, legacy application support, training, or just for consolidating physical computers. Employing the same approach as server virtualization, desktop virtualization lets you create separate virtual machines on your Windows desktop, each of which virtualizes the hardware of a complete physical computer. Desktop virtualization may sound like terminal services, where servers run the applications and give users remote access. Desktop virtualization can be used to securely deliver corporate applications and data to employee home PCs or contractor laptops, eliminating the need to buy thousands of new laptops. Enterprise Desktop Virtualization takes this one step further, by putting ultra-small, completely secure thin clients on the desktop, and ...
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