Some time ago, I wrote about Lojack for Laptops, a software and service that allows people to recover their stolen laptops. Although that product is available for both PC and Mac, I focused primarily on the Mac OS X version.
In the interest of "equal time," I wanted to post a quick entry about LaptopLock. I haven't had a chance to actually try it out yet, but it appears to be a free software client for Windows PCs that allow you to carry out certain actions if your laptop is ever stolen. Examples would be things like: erasing critical data, sending a message to the person using your laptop, etc. All of this presumes that the computer gets connected to the Internet after it is stolen, of course.
They do not have a version for Mac or Linux at this time, although they do say that if you feel like writing one, they'd be happy to talk with you. If only I had the time and the skillset.
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