Car Alarm for Stolen Laptops

--On September 1, 2008 12:34:36 PM -0700 Dave Clark <dc1999gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here's what's touted as a car alarm for laptops, something named
> iAlertU:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/22p662
>
> I have no connection with this project or vendor (it's free, donation
> requested), but just a recent stolen laptop user. Gonna' give it a try.

You might take a look at Adeona
<http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html>

It's an open-source, free computer tracking program. It's designed so only
you can retrieve the location of your computer. It works with Linux,
Windows and Mac.

My house was recently broken into, computers weren't stolen but I got a bit
paranoid so I'm installing it even on my desktops.

--On September 1, 2008 12:34:36 PM -0700 Dave Clark <dc1999gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here's what's touted as a car alarm for laptops, something named
> iAlertU:

What's the difference between iAlertU and Lockdown (based on iAlertU)?
They really look the same. Should we use Lockdown since it comes after
iAlertU?
--e.