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Stolen laptop found because of folding software installed

post #1 of 8
3/1/07 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by http://engadget.com
Although this case doesn't represent the first time a thief has been tracked down by the very item he / she swiped, it does mark the first time in the history of SETI@home that the number crunching actually discovered something substantial. In another tale of good things happening to diligent people, a Minnesota husband installed the Berkeley-created software onto his wife's laptop to run whilst sitting unused, but he probably never imagined that having it check in with the
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/s...stolen-laptop/


What a cool story! Don't ya love it when things work out? I hope they nail that guy.
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post #2 of 8
3/19/07 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by Laura@NBF
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/s...stolen-laptop/ What a cool story! Don't ya love it when things work out? I hope they nail that guy.
Eh i saw that b4... I think the guy should be charged for a year in prison. That seems reasonable and realistic.
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post #3 of 8
4/13/07 at 7:44pm
u never know where he bouhgt laptop.
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post #4 of 8
4/14/07 at 8:08pm
what is funny is that a lot of people don't know that newer laptops (like Dell M1710) come with lojack built into the bios in the form of computrace.
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post #5 of 8
4/19/07 at 12:37am
Wow
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post #6 of 8
2/5/08 at 4:37pm
He learned the hard way
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post #7 of 8
2/6/08 at 5:43pm
welcome to the forum, morph. btw, this thread is about a year behind.
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post #8 of 8
2/23/08 at 8:47am
Nice....
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