Securing your bargain portable ... and your priceless data
Article Abstract:
Computer theft is one of the risks that goes with owning a portable computer, and the industry is responding with products that either prevent theft or help a user find a computer that has been stolen. For example, Computer Sentry Software's CyberAngel is Windows-compatible security software that detects and reports unauthorized access to computers, stops transmissions of data via a computer's modem and reports the location of a stolen machine. When a user logs on, if a nonprompted password is not entered, CyberAngel quietly transmits an alarm to CSS Security Headquarters, where a monitoring server determines the computer's location. CyberAngel costs $19.95 on diskettes, or it can be downloaded free from the company's Web site. A year of monitoring costs $39.95. Another software product, Absolute Software's CompuTrace costs $29.95, and for a year of monitoring, the price is $60. Two hardware products are mentioned, which are Master Lock's $44.99 Master Lock Universal Security Cable; and TrackIT Corp's $64 TrackIT, a two-piece antitheft system.
Publication Name: PC Portables Magazine
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1095-5070
Year: 1997
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Hollywood software
Article Abstract:
Screenplay Systems' $299 Movie Magic Screenwriter for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, and B.C. Software's $299 Final Draft 4.0, are two screenwriting software programs designed for professionals. Among the Movie Magic features are formatting, pagination, and character lists for screenplays, multimedia scripts and TV sitcoms. A simple and effective drag-and-drop electronic index-card system can help users to edit the order of scenes. Movie Magic can import scripts that are previously prepared in other software programs or formats. Final Draft, the only such software currently available for both PC and Macintosh users, requires only a few minutes to install. Users also have the capability to convert scripts that are either written in other software languages or not formatted. B.C. Software also offers a $99 Three x Five index-card software utility that lets users organize scenes prior to writing narrative and dialogue.
Publication Name: PC Portables Magazine
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1095-5070
Year: 1997
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IBM ThinkPad 380D
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IBM's ThinkPad 380D is a first-rate MMX notebook computer. features in a budget-priced Pentium-based notebook computer. A $3,400 configuration features a 150MHz MMX-enabled Pentium processor, 16MB of expandable RAM, 2GB hard disk, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, PC Card slot, lithium-ion battery, and 12.1-in active-matrix display. The screen delivers brilliant, sharp images at 800-by-600 resolution. The comfortable, quiet keyboard comes with a wrist rest more than 3 in wide that features two mouse buttons. The familiar IBM cursor controller is a little red stick just above the B key. IBM has built the floppy drive and the CD-ROM drive into the right side of the 6.9-lb ThinkPad 380D. The system comes with external monitor, serial, parallel, mouse/keyboard and power-jack ports. Battery life is quite good.
Publication Name: PC Portables Magazine
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1095-5070
Year: 1997
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