Year: 2003

SubRosaSoft Ships Version 1.0 of ComputerGuardian

Posted by | Oct 7, 2003 | , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SubRosaSoft Ships Version 1.0 of ComputerGuardian
–Easy-To-Use software to help recover your stolen computer–

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, (October 5th, 2003)—
SubRosaSoft.com, Ltd., a software company based in New Zealand
focusing on privacy and system utility software, today announced
the immediate availability of ComputerGuardian, a utility that will
monitor your computer and attached devices and report its location if
the computer is stolen.
 
Every year over a million computers are stolen.

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SubRosaSoft ships ComputerGuardian 1.0

Posted by | Oct 7, 2003 | |

SubRosaSoft today announced the availability of ComputerGuardian 1.0, a utility that will monitor your computer and attached devices and report its location if the computer is stolen. It does this by comparing the current IP address with the previous IP address. If they don’t match, ComputerGuardian will send an email containing the new IP address to a designated e-mail recipient. ComputerGuardian requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher and is priced at US$14.95.

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Gideon updates xBack, Dock-It

Posted by | Oct 7, 2003 | |

Gideon Softworks today announced the release of xBack 2.5 and Dock-It 1.5. xBack is a utility that allows you replace your desktop with a screen saver, while Dock-It is a multifunctional launcher and Finder enhancer for Mac OS X. Release notes for both updates are available from the Web site. Both shareware utilities are priced at US$12.

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Dr. Bott ships PocketDock for 3G iPods

Posted by | Oct 7, 2003 | |

Dr. Bott today announced that it is now shipping SendStation’s PocketDock, a tiny adapter that allows a standard 6-pin FireWire cable to connect to a new 3G (third generation) iPod’s proprietary docking port. According to the company, the PocketDock (US$18.95) is “smaller than a box of matches” and lets you use accessories (such as car chargers) with a new iPod that were designed for previous models.

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Virginia Tech director to speak at O’Reilly OS X conference

Posted by | Oct 7, 2003 | |

Organizers of the O’Reilly Mac OS X Conference, which takes place in Santa Clara from Oct. 27-30, have added a new event — “Building Virginia Tech’s G5 Supercluster.” Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, director of the Terascale Computing Facility at Virginia Tech, will detail the “challenges, opportunities, and rewards” faced by the project team in assembling the world’s most impressive Mac cluster, which consists of 1,100 dual 2GHz Power Mac G5s.

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