Laptop Computer Security

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Laptop theft heating up

The Seacoast Online recently reported a laptop theft from a woman’s apartment. In the article, the resident returned from vacation to her apartment to find the entire building burned. The piece of property she reported stolen was her laptop.
Oh, and there was another $500,000 in damage from the fire, too.

Laptop Computer Security: Discuss it with us at LinkedIn

Here at MyLaptopGPS, we like to talk about laptop computer security, and we like to be in lots of places online; we like to be where others also interested in improving laptop computer security might be. And sometimes we create those places ourselves — like this blog. Another one of those places is new, our Laptop [...]

Easy Laptop Theft Deterrents

On January 12th, YumaSun.com reported the ease with which you can protect your laptop computer — and the ease with which that computer can be stolen.
Disabling automatic log-ins, requiring a BIOS password, and using technologies that can locate a laptop when the Internet is accessed (like MyLaptopGPS) are the easiest, most inexpensive ways to deter [...]

Anti-terror MI5 Computer Stolen

In the spirit of last night’s Vice Presidential debates and the Presidential debates to come, it’s only appropriate to talk about foreign policy.
Not the United States’ foreign policy… but the “foreign” policy of the friendly Brits across the pond.
This past Sunday, a laptop computer was reported stolen from a home in Greater Manchester. The article [...]

Governments fumbling internationally

From the last post,  you already know about the security breach in the UK. But right here, back in the U.S. of A. we’ve got another security breach on our hands: one that’s been building like plaque for five years. And unfortunately, there’s no proverbial dentist in existence who can restore the data to its [...]

Your computer probably reads “Intel Pentium Processor” somewhere on its face…

Nearly every computer made today is equipped with an Intel Pentium Processor, or another various Intel micro chip product. Surely, even looking at your screen now, there is evidence that Intel’s microchips are providing you faster, more efficient computer service.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), another company many readers know of, is of course runner up [...]