Chip maker
Intel and
computer manufacturer
Lenovo have announced a joint venture with security
software publisher Absolute Software, which will see selected Lenovo
laptops equipped with anti-theft technology. By subscribing to Absolute’s Computrace security-software service, Intel’s Anti-Theft
PC Protection
hardware, which is part of the vPro Technology component of the Centrino 2 platform, will enable suitably equipped Lenovo
notebooks to be protected from thieves.
The security capabilities will be built into the T400 Lenovo laptops, though their activation will remain optional. Even without a subscription, owners of certain Lenovo laptops will find their machines can be locked following a set number of failed password attempts. Once returned to its owner, an administrator will then be able to unlock the machine.
However, the security measures aren’t as developed as those presented by Intel at August’s Intel Developer Forum. At the forum, Intel presented security measures including remote file encryption and the ability to take a photo of the laptop thief using the laptops
webcam .
Lenovo’s vice president for software and peripherals marketing, Bob Galush, says the anti-theft technology will enable companies to ‘be confident their business
notebook PCs are protected by an additional layer of security.’