Tag: stolen
How to Avoid Buying a Stolen Mac: Apple Store Robbed of 24 MacBooks in 30 seconds (video)
MacBooks and MacBook Pros arguably cost more than a Windows notebook, which means they are frequently the target of thieves like the trio that smashed into an Apple Store in Cleveland Ohio and made off with 24 MacBooks (and an iPod Touch) in 35 seconds. The notebooks, valued at over $20,000 to $30,000, are arguably not for [...]
How to Track Lost or Stolen Laptops for Free – Review of Prey
Losing a laptop can be a painful experience, especially with all of the information we keep on highly portable laptops these days. We just found a cool new app that takes a bit of the pain out of losing a laptop, or having one stolen, by helping you track the notebook down and annoying the [...]
iPhone Leak Editor’s Home Searched, Computers and Gadgets Seized
Investigators searched Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s home Friday night. Last week, Chen and other Gizmodo employees published multiple articles detailing Apple’s new iPhone. The prototype iPhone was apparently left in a Redwood City, Calif. bar and illegally sold to Gizmodo and/or its employees. Police served the search warrant while Chen was at dinner with his [...]
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.
