Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Disappearing Portable Computer Syndrome

Laptops Lost Like Hot Cakes at US Airports

"Some of the largest and medium-sized U.S. airports report close to 637,000 laptops lost each year, according to the Ponemon Institute survey released Monday. Laptops are most commonly lost at security checkpoints, according to the survey"

2 Comments:

Blogger spooked said...

as someone who has flown many many times with a laptop, I'd have to say someone is pretty stupid to lose a laptop at security.

637,000 is just an INCREDIBLE amount of stupidity.

2/7/08 5:11 AM  
Blogger nolocontendere said...

I thought to myself, was that a typo? Apparently not, and there must be some pretty egregious thievery going on.

2/7/08 3:30 PM  

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