Tag: lost laptop
How to Install Laptop Tracking Software In 5 Minutes
When a notebook goes missing, whether it’s stolen or lost, it can be a real nightmare. Not only is your notebook gone, but so is your data. We are going to show you how to set up notebook and laptop tracking in under 5 minutes so that if your notebook is lost or stolen, you can track [...]
How to Track Down a Stolen Laptop After You’ve Lost It
There are plenty of solutions for tracking down stolen laptops, but most of them require you to install a program before you lose it. Fortunately, there are a few programs and tools that you can use to try to track down your lost or stolen laptop even if you didn’t plan ahead. The key is, [...]
Hidden Unhides Your Lost or Stolen Mac, Available Free Until January
Losing a computer is a pain, one that Hidden is trying to lessen by offering the Hidden Mac Tracker app for free until January. Hidden can track down the location of your lost Mac, take screenshots of what the user is doing and use the webcam to catch a pic of your thief. UPDATE: Hidden [...]
Simple Step to Make Your Lost Laptop Easy to Return
Losing a laptop is a troubling experience and if you’ve locked your computer with a password the likelihood of a getting it back from a good Samaritan drops drastically since he or she won’t be able to look for a name to go with the device. While we have covered high-tech solutions and you can [...]
Review of Phoenix FailSafe: Track Down Lost Laptops and Data
Losing your laptop can be a huge pain. Not only are you out the cost of your laptop but you may have lost confidential documents or a term paper that hasn’t yet been backed up. There are several programs and services that let you track down your laptop and even work with law enforcement to help recover a stolen laptop.
Phoenix Technologies, notably known for making Bios software, has a new service call FailSafe that helps you track the last place your laptop connected to the internet, retrieve or delete files and even disable the computer completely.
USPS Loses Five Insured ThinkPads, Compensates Owner w/$74
You might want to avoid shipping notebooks via USPS after reading a story over at the Consumerist. A USPS customer shipped his friend five notebooks and insured them for $3,000. The package never showed up across the country, so he filed an insurance claim. The USPS gave the customer $74 for the lost ThinkPads.
