http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog Recovering stolen laptops, mobile phones, iPods, GPS devices, iPhone Theft Recovery and more Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:02:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps the worst thing about portable devices is that they’re so easy to carry around, we can barely hang on to them. Asurion, a Kansas City company that insures portable devices, says Americans lose about 60 million cellphones every year. Our laptop computers don’t fare much better. A 2008 ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/03/09/gadgettrak-review-boston-globe-software-helps-you-track-your-gadgets/ GadgetTrak retrieves 95 percent of stolen laptops, puts RoboCop to shame (video) Want your stolen gear back? Don't call some gung-ho superhero who's as likely to blow up your small grocery store as he is to catch those perps, call GadgetTrak instead. The little startup company has grown since we last ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/03/09/gadgettrak-featured-on-engadget-2/ Over the past few months Portland area schools have been victimized by a number burglaries targeting computer equipment. One of the schools had enough and installed GadgetTrak software on a number of laptops. Within a week the school was broken into again, but this time they stole the wrong laptops. ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/02/19/gadgettrak-unveils-theft-ring-targetting-portland-schools/ Another laptop has been recovered thanks to GadgetTrak. A Mac was stolen from our customer Kari Hardre during a home burglary along with jewelry, the GadgetTrak software activated and sent location, network data and images of the thief back. "They kicked the front door in, so I would invest that $50. ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/01/27/gadgettrak-recovers-stolen-laptop-jewelry-springfield-oregon/ A professor from Georgia State University says his life's work is gone after his laptop was reportedly stolen which was loaded with years of valuable NASA research. Video courtesy of Fox News. http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/01/24/nasa-laptop-stolen/ All online sales revenue today will go to Haiti relief. We have partnered with other software developers through Indie+Relief to donate all Jan. 20 sales to support the relief efforts in Haiti. We will be donating all of today's sales directly to the Mangrove Fund. The Mangrove Fund was established ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/01/20/indierelief-all-jan-20-gadgettrak-sales-goes-to-help-haiti/ We were featured in a great piece by Good Morning America on Christmas Day regarding how to protect the gadgets your received on Christmas Day. GadgetTrak was featured as tip number two: GadgetTrak uses GPS and WiFi signals to locate your lost electronic and lock it down remotely so a thief ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2010/01/17/gadgettrak-good-morning-america-feature-5-tips-to-keep-your-gadget-gifts-working-like-new/ GadgetTrak's MacTrak was featured in its own section of the newly published "MacBook All-in-One For Dummies" by Mark L. Chambers. Using a Security Application The unthinkable happens: Your MacBook is stolen while you’re on vacation or on a business trip, and you know that the chances that it will be returned ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2009/12/04/gadgettraks-mactrak-featured-in-macbook-all-in-one-for-dummies/ Another great review for GadgetTrak's PC-Trak anti-theft software for Windows. Peter Grad of The Record in New Jersey took PC-Trak for a test drive. I tested the program by switching the activation on. When I turned on the "stolen" laptop, I immediately received e-mail notification that the laptop had ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2009/11/18/laptop-stolen-all-isnt-lost-pc-trak-review/ Through the majority of our recoveries one thing I have noticed that has tied them together, they involved a methamphetamine addict. Doing some research it is shocking to learn that nationally police believe that 75-80% of all property crimes are committed by people addicted to methamphetamine, or who profit from ... http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2009/11/07/meth-use-mobile-device-theft/