Laptops Aloud
Posted by Jason on
May 12, 2008
It’s not long until the holiday season begins and with the widespread availability of Wi-Fi in hotels and airports, and Wireless Hotspots all over the place I’m guessing that a lot of you will be taking your laptop with you on your travels this year. The only trouble is they’re so nickable, all it takes is a momentary distraction, and it’s gone. Well, this little freeware utility isn’t going to stop you doing something daft, but if might just alert you to the fact that someone is interfering with it, and if it does get pinched, they won’t be able get at the data stored on it, at least not easily. It’s called Laptop Alarm and the idea is you launch it when your laptop is unattended and Windows is automatically locked, and if anyone messes around with it, unplugs the power cable or moves the cursor, it starts shrieking. It’s no good if they try to mute the sound, because it overrides the volume controls. As I said it’s free, so what have you got to lose, apart from your laptop…
