Tag archive for ‘mobile computer security’
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.
Rugby guys are tough, but laptop thieves are tougher
The Investec Super 14 is coming up (for all you non-rugby fans, it’s essentially the Superbowl of rugby), and the Emirates Western Force has taken a considerable jab to its potential in the competition. According to RugbyWA, a laptop containing “vital analysis software” was stolen Wednesday night from a team manager’s car in a parking [...]
Laptop Stolen from National Bank of Canada
With the United States facing a financial slump rivaling that of the Great Depression, it comes as no surprise that US citizens have little interest in what’s going on up north. However, up in Montreal, there’s another situation altogether.
In late September, National Bank of Canada reported a laptop that had been stolen. In the Reuters [...]
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 [...]
Campus laptop theft at large
Almost 14,000 people — the size of a small American town — today may be susceptible to identity theft due to a single robbery of a laptop computer.
Rochester Institute of Technology discovered that on August 25, a laptop containing the names, Social Security numbers, and birth dates of nearly 14,000 people had been stolen from [...]
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