Here we go again. Another Sony property has been hacked. This time the victim is Sony Pictures, and LulzSec has taken credit for the break-in. LulzSec also hacked into the Sony Music Japan website at the end of May. Do you want to know how LulzSec managed to pull off the hack? It used a SQL injection tool. This is the same method that was successful in every Sony website attack we’ve reported on over the past few weeks.

Intel’s study of notebook security has revealed that lost and stolen laptops cost companies an average of nearly $50,000. This is because the value of the computer includes the data it held as well as the device itself. A senior executive’s notebook is valued at $28,449 while a director or manager’s is worth around $60,000. more »

If there ever was two things that go great together, it is peanut butter and chocolate. If ever there were two things that go great together, it would be the aforementioned peanut butter and chocolate and then GPS and cell connection. The pair are a regular Batman and Robin of the gadget world. Now, they want to save your watercraft.

Maybe you remember this dude? He owned a motorcycle that apparently, everyone wanted and it kept getting stolen. So, the dude went out and purchased a GPS snitch so the next time it was stolen, the cops tracked it down. And then the next time it was stolen yet again, the cops tracked it down. All thanks to GPS and a cell connection.

Check out the Harpoon, a GPS device that does a bunch of tricks to keep your boat safe.

So we’ve all been there. That rush of panic when we’ve lost (or at least momentarily think we’ve lost) our cell phone. When our phone contains lots of confidential data like bank info and emails, the panic level tends to rise even more quickly. Now we don’t have to just worry about Joe Finder using up our minutes, but now Joe Finder could access our bank accounts and read all those spicy emails we sent to Suzy at the office, uh-oh. This not even counting in the fact that the money spent on the phone is now down the drain.

Enter your possible savior, the cell phone Superhero! Nope, it’s not some guy sporting a cape and a mask (regardless of their logo), but a new service just launched yesterday in the US and Canada from YouGetItBack.com. Claiming to be able to protect your confidential data and aid in safely returning your gadget, YouGetItBack.com may just be a lost cell phone users new best friend. The way it works is that once a phone is lost or stolen, subscribers of the downloadable software simply go online and remotely lock their mobile phone. This will prevent anyone else from being able to make calls or access information on the device. Subscribers are also able to retrieve contacts from the phone via the internet.

An Apple Store employee whose apartment she was sharing with two roommates was recently victimized by burglars, however they had a happy ending thanks to the help of her stolen Mac’s screen sharing feature and built-in webcam.

After the house was burglarized by thieves, the Apple Store employee received a call from a friend asking if she was online, since it appears that she is online on her friend’s computer. The victim immediately logged on to the Internet and used the Back-to-My-Mac program and found out that her Mac was indeed connected to the Internet. Not wasting any time, the victim quickly activated her Mac’s built-in webcam and the screen sharing feature in order to take a snapshot of the thief who was currently using her notebook. The victim’s friend recognized the man in the picture as someone who had been at her apartment during the recent get together.