Posts Tagged ‘bricks’

As an IT administrator in a previous life, I know that keeping data safe is key #1. It would have been nice to have this product on all the notebooks in the office. Especially one instance where the employee found a legal way around keeping their machine with all of our data on it.

LoJack for Laptops / Computrace creates a partnership with Intel for Anti-Theft Technology – Think of it like a Kill switch if your machine gets lost, stolen, or taken in any way possible. The laptop will be rendered useless until it comes back to the owner, in which they can then turn the machine back on. It litterally Bricks the machine.

Andy McCaskey talks with Stephen at CES about this “poison pill” technology. Best part is this option is incorporated in the laptop – Like a Dell laptop, in where you get a 1 year membership. Even a “wiped” hard drive can be detected and LoJack will load their software to brick the device.

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I was perusing the web when I ran across this site – iPhone unlocking Ltd. The site features a program called “iPhone Unlocking”. For $24.95 you can unlock your iPhone 3G and 3GS phones.The program claims you will be able to:

• Vnc Client iPhone to interact with remote computers
• No loss of features or functionality
• Beat iPhone the music studio in your pocket
• Enable Video Recording
• Lifetime Updates and Support
• Enable GPS
• 100’s of Free Applications
• Enable Rss Feed
• Enable MMS messaging
• Enable instant messengers
• Use Installer.app

The site offers a money back guarantee and full customer support. iPhone unlocking software has not been pursued by Apple lawyers, but most unlocking software has been free to download. Now that a company is asking for money to unlock your phone, this might change the scope.

The company claims to have unlocked over 1 million iPhones worldwide.  The company also claims free upgrades for life. I am wondering if they will replace your iPhone if their software bricks it?