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February 22nd, 2010, 12:20
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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 heard of it back in 2007 (http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/26/gadgettrak-hunts-down-stolen-gadgetry-for-free/), and is now operating a $25 per year tracking service that has delivered a statistically significant 95 percent success rate on reuniting gadgets with their owners. Available for Mac OS and Windows laptops, as well as mobile phones (BlackBerrys, WinMo, and iPhone) and even removable USB storage, the software's intelligent enough to remotely activate your webcam (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/school-allegedly-uses-students-laptop-webcam-for-espionage-law/) and ping the incriminating info back directly to you -- no data is sent to GadgetTrak. Check out some recent news coverage of the software and its implementation in local schools after the break.Continue reading GadgetTrak retrieves 95 percent of stolen laptops, puts RoboCop to shame (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/gadgettrak-retrieves-95-percent-of-stolen-laptops-puts-robocop/)
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