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Wed, 31 Dec 2003
OmniWeb 5 Announced
The Omni Group has announced OmniWeb 5, to be previewed at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. A public beta will be released on February 2, 2004.
Among the features are a new tab drawer which displays page thumbnails and supports drag & drop; workspaces for organizing groups of pages and saving entire browsing sessions; site-specific preferences; bookmark improvements including the ability to share bookmarks via Rendezvous and support for RSS news feeds; search shortcuts; and page marking.
For more information, visit http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/5/.
Technology Tracks Stolen Computers
LAKE RIDGE, Va. -- Police in Prince William County recovered more than $30,000 worth of stolen computer equipment thanks to modern tracking technology.
The computers were stolen from Country Wide Home Loans on Tacketts Mill Road in Lake Ridge. According to a police affidavit, the burglars broke through a window to get the computers and equipment.
However, the thieves apparently didn't know that the computers had been loaded with software that is designed to keep track of computers.
The software is called ComputracePlus and is made by Absolute Software. At regular intervals, the computer relays its location to a main office.
A stolen laptop gave its location as a house on Pilgrim Drive in Lake Ridge. That gave police enough information to obtain a search warrant.
"We executed a search warrant at that residence last night and came up with $33,000 in computers and property. All three suspects were there. All three were charged with burglary, grand larceny," said Detective Dennis Mangan of the Prince William County Police Department.
Read the full story here. For more information about ComputracePlus, visit www.absolute.com (a Macintosh version is also available).
Disclaimer: I'm an employee of Absolute Software, but this web site is in no way associated with the company.