Have you ever lost a notebook, to never find it again? Sometimes reckless nature and mostly theft is what attributes to people losing their notebooks and other gadgets. Lenovo has been thinking about its ThinkPad notebook’s security. Come 2009, Lenovo will have a new security feature developed to safeguard the ThinkPad series from being lost. Dubbed the “Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable,” the system would allow the user to disable his notebooks by sending a text SMS from the phone to the notebook when the notebook’s misplaced. Developed in collaboration with Phoenix Technologies, the feature will immediately shut down the system on receiving a default message, or if it is already shut down, the system shall be blocked the next time it is switched on. The notebook wouldn’t respond until the password is entered again, and to inform the user an SMS confirmation will be delivered on the phone.

All seems good, but a demerit follows the system – for the feature to function the notebook needs to be in the mobile phones coverage area and moreover the notebook should have an active broadband to receive and send signal. Alternative security measures are required in this ever increasing mayhem of spam and infringement, so we are all praise for this added feature, but is it an add-on or an pre-installed trait, we aren’t actually sure.


[gizmowatch]