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Lock your computer via Bluetooth when you walk away

March 13, 2008

Open source application Blue Lock monitors the proximity of your Bluetooth phone or device and automatically locks your computer whenever it’s out of range (e.g., you’ve walked away from your computer). The usefulness will depend on the strength of your Bluetooth devices, since it’s not really going to do its job if you’ve got a strong signal and receiver that keeps a connection from across the office. But if it works well with your Bluetooth devices, Blue Lock provides a simple way to keep your computer secure when you step away for a few seconds but forget to hit Win-L to lock your workstation. Blue Lock is free, Windows only.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that my phone DOES pair with my laptop, I couldn’t get Bluelock to work. I currently have an HTC Touch (Sprint Touch aka HTC Vogue). Bluelock flat out won’t find my phone. Ce la vi… maybe it’ll work for you cuz it sounds like an awesome concept.

Blue Lock website

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Gadgets, Privacy, Tech, Windows, Windows Mobile
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Sprint Touch RevA and GPS ROM Update on March 18th?

March 12, 2008

The official update has been released… click this link to see the post.

UPDATE: for latest release date info go here.

Over at HTC Wiki someone claims to have called HTC and asked to talk to Tech Support. They claim to have been told the ROM update for the Sprint Touch (aka HTC Vogue) that updates the device for EVDO RevA and GPS will drop on March 18th. This isn’t an official announcement, but we can always hope that it’s true.

HTCWiki

UPDATE: The March 18 release never happened, but Sprint has OFFICIALLY announced a Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM upgrade that will likely contain RevA and GPS. Read more about the announcement here.

UPDATE2: Tired of waiting on Sprint to release the ROM?  Check it out, some PPCGeeks have gotten RevA and GPS to work on the Sprint Touch. Details here.

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evdo, gps, HTC Touch, htc vogue, reva, ROM update, sprint, Sprint Touch, tech support, vogue
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