Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:44:20 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Giovanni Drogo wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Keith Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >> > The firm for which I'm working (based in Switzerland) wants written
> >> > information on a daily basis (i.e.by email) from wherever I happen to
> >> > be.
> >>
> >> Shouldn't they be providing the "device" and paying for the connection
> >> costs ? And look after the technicalities ?
> >>
> >> In principle one could even write documents using a web browser using
> >> google documents (which could be accessible to your firm). For this
> >> you'd not even need a computer of your own, just access to a web browser
> >> in some public place.
> >
> >The advantage of your own standalone device is that you can work on it
> >as and when you wish(on the train, in the park, in the pub!), not just
> >when you're in, say, an internet cafe.
>
> The disadvantage of having and using your own laptop like this is that it
> can be snatched as happened in Leiden station again yesterday.
I loved this story! :)
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Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Tables on Suspects
WHITE PLAINS — The thieves were voracious, filching flat-screen
televisions and computer games, purloining iPods and DVDs, even making
off with a box of liquor and a set of car rims in a burglary two weeks
ago at an apartment three young people shared here. Luckily, they also
took two laptop computers.
One of the laptops was a Macintosh belonging to Kait Duplaga, who works
at the Apple store in the Westchester mall and thus knows how to use all
its bells and whistles. While the police were coming up dry, Ms. Duplaga
exploited the latest software applications installed on her laptop to
track down the culprits and even get their photographs.
On Wednesday, the police arrested Edmon Shahikian, 23, of Katonah, and
Ian Frias, 20, who lives in the Bronx. Virtually all of the property
stolen from the apartment was recovered at the two men's homes. They
face charges of burglary and possession of stolen property; Mr.
Shahikian was released on $3,500 bail, while Mr. Frias was at the
Westchester County Jail, held in $7,500 bail.
[etc.]
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