Stop thief! Software lets stolen laptops speak up by AP: Yahoo! Tech

Stolen laptop? Now you can tell those thieves exactly what you think of them. Front Door Software Corp.’s Retriever program displays your contact information as your computer boots up. There’s even space for a plea to a Good Samaritan — “$50 for my safe return,” maybe. In most cases, that’s enough to help an honest [...]

ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwords | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

If you use Google’s GMail or GTalk services, pay special attention to random e-mails or instant messages requesting your login credentials. There is a major spam run underway with a phishing scam using social engineering techniques to snag Google Account usernames and passwords and, according to multiple reports, the attack appears to be very effective. [...]