After a laptop equipped with LoJack for Laptops laptop security software was stolen from a California University dorm room, its owner was confident that the Absolute Software Recovery Team would be able to track the thief and recover his computer. Indeed, within weeks, LoJack for Laptops had recovered ...

Driving home for Spring Break, a North Dakota student left his laptop in the backseat while he stopped for a quick coffee. When he returned to vehicle, the back door was ajar, and his laptop — along with other belongings — was missing. The student contacted police, who collected eyewitness accounts ...

A Rhode Island college recently saw a surge in dormitory thefts – one of which involved a student’s school-leased laptop. Because the college had equipped its entire lease fleet with Computrace laptop tracking software, the student was able to quickly report the computer theft to the Absolute Software Theft ...

When you realize your laptop is missing or you think it’s been stolen, it’s easy to go into panic mode. That is the last thing you want to do. If you’ve prepared for the situation, keep an even head and take the following steps. Retrace your day. It might be that you just left your laptop in class or in a lab. Most ...

When purchasing his laptop online, a University of Maryland student decided to purchase some extra laptop security. He had Computrace LoJack for Laptops installed to protect his new machine from laptop theft. Sure enough, the “unthinkable” happened just three months later: The student’s laptop ...

Two Texas A&M University students had their laptop computers stolen in separate incidents, and Computrace® LoJack® for Laptops was instrumental in getting them back. While one of the thefts occurred in College Station, TX, the other took place thousands of miles due south — in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A few minutes was all it took: a New Jersey student set his belongings down outside of a study hall while he left to answer a call, returning to find a missing laptop. The student reported the theft to police and the Absolute Software Theft Recovery Team, who deployed the forensic tools necessary to trace the ...

Several rooms were missing items after a late-night college dorm party. Culprits removed wallets, money, credits cards and other shiny and heavy things — including a laptop protected by Computrace laptop theft recovery software. Upon receiving the theft report, the company’s laptop Theft Recovery ...