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Old May 10th, 2008   #1
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Sorry its a Mac, but still a cool story

MyFox New York | Woman Remotely Logs in to Stolen Mac to Catch Thieves

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A Mac-savvy woman from Westchester, NY was able to help cops bust the men who allegedly stole her laptop -- by remotely logging on to the stolen computer and taking a picture of the suspects using its Web camera, according to a report on LoHud.com.







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thats great news. I hate thieves

hehe, I have motion detection software that came with my creative webcam. I cut my girlfriend once poking in my PC when she said she didn't



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Thats great . My wifes laptop has Lo Jack , not sure how it works though with a laptop though.



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Thats great . My wifes laptop has Lo Jack , not sure how it works though with a laptop though.
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