I am developing with a friend a small client server bluetooth application (an opensource project, perhaps more information here soon) and the target environment is Windows. So I’m using Parallels(*), in coherence mode with bluetooth and so on

Bluetooth support on virtual machines w/ Parallels Desktop for Mac? - Parallels Support Forum
Yes, you may use built-in bluetooth adapter, but you need drivers for it.

The easiest way to get those drivers is:
1. Download and install latest Apple Boot Camp from http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
2. Browse to Macintosh HD->Applications->Utilities
3. Right-click the “Boot Camp Assistant” and select “Show Package Contents”.
4. Go to Contents->Resources and click the DiskImage.dmg to mount it.
5. Find the “Install Macintosh Drivers for Windows XP.exe” and copy inside your VM.
6. Run the file. In a short while, all necessary drivers will be installed. Reboot

PS: We can’t redistribute Apple software, that is why you don’t have bluetooth drivers by default.

(*) I had also some strange problems with my upgrade to 3170 RC3,  the screen was black at startup, fortunately the Parallels forum rocks and I found that you simply have to start WinXP in “safe” mode, then reinstall the Paralllels tools, not from the menu, but mounting that from the parallels installation, then you’ll find them mounted on the D: letter of your Parallels winXP.

I’m very lazy when I have to pay for a service that can be free. Synchronization for me is very important, I’m always on the run and unfortunately often I cannot use my Mac and I have to use another laptop.

For that reason I’m using the Google Browser Sync plug-in for Firefox for example, even if a bit scared about my privacy…

Backup is also important, a service like .Mac is very nice, but it costs. Searching for something complitely not related(*) I’ve found this page today: Do It Yourself .Mac - The Network People, Inc.

The wiki explains how to setup a linux server to act like the .Mac server… Looks very cool…
(*) If you write “Collection
result = (Collection ) query.execute();” you will have a warning message like “Type safety: The cast from Object to Collection
is actually checking against the erased type Collection”: what the hell does it means???
I think that I’ll ask a solution for this on the JugTorino ML about this…

Ok, thanks to Carlo for the fast reply, no other choice than to add a “@SuppressWarnings(”unchecked”)” that’s why I’m using an unchecked library… Kodo

Through the blog of Paolo Doná I’ve discovered this fantastic tool to survive when I’m far from my lovely mac book pro
paolo.dona: Launchy: the windows Quicksilver