Friday, June 30, 2006

Getting over laptop loss

If your laptop gets swiped, consider this: 97 percent of stolen PCs <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6089921.html?tag=zdnn.alert">are never recovered.</A> The rare retrieval of a notebook computer robbed from a Department of Veterans Affairs employee this week just underlines that FBI statistic. Finding the PC was made a priority for the agency, as it contained sensitive details on more than 26 million U.S. military veterans. That outcome is unlikely for the thousands of ordinary people who lose a notebook, even though they, too, may be at risk of identity theft. A few simple things can help reduce some headaches after a laptop is stolen or misplaced, experts say.

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