Rip of the Week: Foolish Laptop Thief Unwittingly Dooms Himself

It’s well known that, quite often, catching a thief doesn’t mean solving a theft. It often means solving a whole bunch of thefts. Most thieves don’t just steal a laptop. They steal ten laptops, five iPhones, and a partridge in a pear tree.
As many times as thieves get away with what they do, we can [...]

Tip of the Week: Back it Up

This tip will draw one of two responses from each and every reader.

Duh!
True, I really should, but…

The first folks–the “duh” crowd–will exclaim that this is just dead obvious. Of course regular, automated backup is absolutely essential, they’ll say. Every one of us is only seconds away from a hard drive crash, spilled coffee, or theft, [...]