12,000 laptops LOST every week in US airports
August 27th, 2008
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This story caught my eye – quite possibly as I’m flying tomorrow… 12,000 laptops EVERY WEEK, that’s 624,000 per year, or one for every 500 people.
What’s even more astonishing is that 70% of those aren’t reclaimed. Is everyone feeling that flush despite the crunch?
Ironically, 40% of the lost laptops are left at the security checkpoints. The departure gate (23%), toilets (9%) and restaurants (7%) are other places worth hanging around if you fancy picking up a free PC.
The article (In PC Pro magazine) finishes up by saying that 14% of the laptops have “intellectual property” on them – which is a bit worrying, as that means 86% had nothing at all on them, or maybe just a bunch of unintellectual property.
