dvice.com - 11/28/2008
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Getting your laptop stolen sucks, obviously. You have it loaded up with your personal information and data, and beyond losing a valuable piece of property, there's security and identity theft to worry about as well.
With the new Lenovo ThinkPads you'll have a bit less to worry about if it ...
ohgizmo.com - 11/26/2008
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ohgizmo.com —
By Andrew Liszewski Come 2009, Lenovo will be
adding a new feature to their ThinkPad notebooks called...
‘Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable’ that was co-developed with Phoenix Technologies. The new feature works with the ...
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Lenovo Laptops To Get Disable By Text Message Feature
gearfuse.com - 11/26/2008
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gearfuse.com —
If someone ever stole my car, I'd wish
for a feature that would allow me to cause...
my car to blow up via text message. That's kind of the idea behind Lenovo's latest notebook feature: Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable Feature. Important data on ...
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Lock ‘Em Out With Text Messaging
slashgear.com - 11/26/2008
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slashgear.com —
Well this is interesting. Apparently if your Lenovo
notebook is stolen, you will soon be able to...
send a text message to lock it down and deem it unusable, keeping your content safe. Though it’s not exactly a clear cut solution. Beginning ...
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Lenovo notebooks can be locked down by text message
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Text message to lock down your Laptop
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... does this work? You use a special text message that only the laptop can hear. No, seriously, it is an ordinary text message that works with the broadband connection. So when the thief goes on line to try and steal your account information, he or she will be in total lockdown, baby!
So, laptop thieves, be warned. Just because you have taken my laptop does not mean you have me! Now your only hope is to take it to the pawn shop, where I will be looking for it.
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Few things are worse than having your notebook lost or stolen. Things can be especially troublesome if you have sensitive personal or business data stored on the notebook The one thing you can do with a new feature from Lenovo is prevent unauthorized ...
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