![]() "Our collaboration with Acer and Absolute is bringing customers new worldwide scalable hardware-based security solutions using Intel Anti-Theft Technology to deter theft. And Dell DO have the LoJack embedded BIOS option in some of their products as well. I hope that Sony do take note and embrace this type of software, perhaps offering it as a purchase option as Dell now do. "With the increase of business laptop sales, theft management has become an important issue for the rapidly growing mobile workforce," said George Thangadurai, director of Strategic Planning and general manager, Intel Anti-theft Services, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. Laptop theft is rife, and a product with embedded security would positively influence my, and many others I am sure, purchasing decision. Intel’s Anti-Theft technology allows the user to remotely or locally disable a laptop. The Computrace technology allows the user to remotely delete data from a missing or lost laptop, and allows the laptop to be tracked or recovered through Absolute’s Theft Recovery Team. "With this new collaboration between Acer, Intel and Absolute, Acer is giving their customers the best solutions available to track, manage and protect their mobile computers." Absolute and Acer have collaborated to embed Absolute's technology in the firmware for additional tamper-resistance," said John Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute. "Customers have been able to use Computrace and Computrace LoJack for Laptops products on Acer computers for many years. With Computrace, customers can also activate the lock-down capabilities of Intel Anti-Theft Technology,” Absolute Software Corporation added. When embedded in the firmware of computers from leading computer manufacturers, LoJack for Laptops can survive operating system re-installations, as well as hard-drive reformats, replacements. “Absolute and Acer customers can now have support for tamper-resistant computer security with the patented Computrace technology embedded during Acer's manufacturing process. Computrace also supports Intels AT-p anti theft protection scheme: If it is unable to phone home within a configurable time interval it will require a special. The Acer TravelMate 64 notebooks will ship with Computrace technology from Absolute Software built into the BIOS firmware and Intel(R) Centrino(R) 2 Processors featuring Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology, the company said. ![]() Absolute® Software Corporation (TSX: ABT) announced today that its Computrace® and Intel’s® Anti-Theft Technology would be shipped in Acer’s TravelMate 64 notebooks. ![]()
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