For anybody that uses a laptop

[Mike_E]

How about free lowjack for your laptop?

Wouldn't you like for ET to phone home if he's stolen?

(I am not affiliated with this at all, I just thought I would share )

Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops

 

[Rekd]

(Update, October 2009.) Adeona depends on the availability of a separate service, OpenDHT. On July 1, OpenDHT was taken down. We have taken the opportunity to set up OpenDHT again on PlanetLab, under our administration. However, we are still testing our OpenDHT infrastructure. Therefore, at this time we are not encouraging new downloads of Adeona.

Interesting... wonder if this project is still alive.

 

[Antithesis]

I think I read an article about this software and someone retrieving their stolen macbook with it. They snapped the photo with the webcam, gave it to the police and then met the police at the thief's house within a couple hours of the crime. Cool stuff.