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13 Powerful Anti-malware Utilities from PCMag.com

Lab Testing Antivirus Software

Prezi: The Animated Presentation Creator

After attending this year's MACUL Technology Conference, one presentation tool stood out.  Prezi is a Web-based alternative to PowerPoint.  Yesterday I got a chance to create my first Prezi. As we all know, PowerPoint has been used in education for many years, but education was not its inteded use.  It was created to be used in business presentations.  Prezi has a format that is more user-friendly and (better yet) educational friendly.  You can easily create "Frames" which allow you to group like objects (text blocks as well as images) and when you're done, you can: Share the Prezi with someone else, allowing them to edit it or just watch it, Include a public Web link that can reside on your classroom Web site or blog, Embed the Prezi on your classroom Web site or blog (like I did below), Download the Prezi and show it without an Internet connection.  It can be stored on a DVD or USB Flash drive, for instance. Here is the public link to the Prezi below: http://pr

The Best Apple Product Alternatives

The Best Apple Product Alternatives

Tech Certifications That Pay the Best Salary - Careers news from Channel Insider

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Undercover: A Theft Recovery Utility for Macs

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http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/mac/ There is little you can do if your Mac is stolen other than make sure it's insured and take a note of the serial number for any claims. According to the developers, there are 600,000 laptops stolen every year in the USA alone and about 97% of these are never recovered. However, Undercover offers an extra way to recover your Mac if the worst happens. It makes ingenious use of your Wi-Fi enabling the developer security center to locate your Mac within a range of 30-50 feet. It also makes ingenious use of your iSight - it takes pictures every 6 minutes of whoever is in front of your Mac and transmits them to the security center so your thief will be completely exposed! Undercover doesn't stop there however. If for any reason your Mac can't be recovered, it reverts to "Plan B" which is basically to make your Mac unusable by completely dimming the screen. If the Mac is returned to a shop or Mac dealer for repair, Unde