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Accelerometer Disabler: WP7 Finally Gets An Orientation Lock [Homebrew]

One thing that has always annoyed me while using Windows Phone 7, is the lack of an iOS-like orientation lock in the Mango platform. This oversight really comes to haunt users when they are trying to use the device while lying down on a couch, as the screen will keep rotating unnecessarily, and there is [...] (more…)

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No Touch: Prevent Accidental Touches While Watching Movies Or Reading [Android]

Annoyed by those accidental touches on your Android device’s screen that halt your progress while enjoying videos/movies, playing motion sensor-based games, or while wiping dust off it? If your answer is yes, then what you need is No Touch – a free Android app that allows you to block control through touch. The app sports multiple ways to [...] (more…)

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Ultimate App Guard: Scheduled Lock/Unlock Profiles For Android Apps

Amid the mishmash of all the various Android applications that let you protect your favorite apps on device either via password, PIN or by hiding them from view, if you’re still in a fix over finding an effective solution, then here’s a handy alternative called Ultimate App Guard. The app boasts as many as 7 [...] (more…)

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Private Video For WP7: Shoot Videos & Secure Them With A Password

Private Video is an app for Windows Phone 7 which brings some much-needed area-specific privacy options to the Mango version of the metro platform. Most people aren’t big fans of the all-in-one password lock on WP7 which prevents anyone from accessing the phone through the lock screen. But not everyone requires the complete lockdown of [...] (more…)

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BLDU v1.2 Can Now Lock All Bitlocker Unlocked Drives In Windows 7

Back in August, we released Bitlocker Drives Unlocker to unlock all BitLocker drives without having to unlock them one by one manually. Today, we are releasing version 1.2 of BitLocker Drives Unlocker, also called BLDU. Apart from some under the hood changes and code improvement, it includes two drive locking options; Lock and Lock All. Now you can [...] (more…)

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Password Protect Your iPhone Home Screen’s Jiggle Mode With IconLock

iOS is an operating system brimming with apps. It takes quite a lot of time (not to mention money) to get your favorite apps downloaded and installed on your iDevice. So it’s always annoying and sometimes even damaging, when a person deletes your apps intentionally or unintentionally. In addition to the app, you might also [...] (more…)

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Visidon AppLock For Android Uses Face Recognition To Unlock Protected Apps

Protecting the private data on your mobile device from prying eyes often comes at the price of convenience. To what degree your preferred security tool hampers your day-to-day usage depends on the method it employs to secure your privacy. Most users prefer setting a lock screen password, PIN or pattern. Although said method is the [...] (more…)

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WinLockr Locks Your Windows PC With A USB Device

WinLockr is a portable application which provides extra security for your locked account by disabling the mouse and keyboard, except for the release key combination. With WinLockr you can lock your system simply by plugging in a USB, which has to be configured with this software. This provides additional safety for your locked system and [...] (more…)

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Automatically Disable Android Lockscreen When Connected To Home WiFi Network

Keeping the screen of your Android device locked is a necessary precaution, but waking your device up, swiping across or along the screen to unlock it every time the display times out can prove to be quite a hassle, especially if your lockscreen is password-protected. And when you’re at home, said precaution becomes an unnecessary [...] (more…)

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Lock Your Keyboard And Mouse With KeyFreeze

KeyFreeze is a application that allows users to lock their keyboard and mouse in order to avoid others from messing up the computer. For example, it is a common problem that small children often play with the keyboard and mouse, which results in unwanted commands being executed. KeyFreeze can also be useful during voice chats [...] (more…)

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Drive Tweaker – Create Virtual Drives, Lock And Customize Local Drives

We reviewed Virtual Drives Manager last November which provides user the functionality of creating virtual drives, now Drive Tweaker comes in as another utility which lets you create virtual drives and with that it offers some extra features like lock and customize a local drive. (more…)

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Secure Folder Password Protects And Hides Windows Folders

Earlier we reviewed a tool called PenyuLocker which lets user protect any folder with a password,  it lacks one user friendly option and that is right-click context menu option. Secure Folder integrates with Windows Shell to give users an easy and quick way to lock their folders with just a couple of clicks. (more…)