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Laptop thieves usually not after data

Laptop thieves are usually after a quick profit, not the valuable data that's on the device, experts said on Monday, the day after the high-profile theft of the CEO of Qualcomm Inc.'s (qcom) laptop.
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Laptop thieves are usually after a quick profit, not the valuable data that's on the device, experts said on Monday, the day after the high-profile theft of the CEO of Qualcomm Inc.'s (qcom) laptop. The laptop hardware was valued at around $4,000, according to the report, but contained "proprietary" data that could be valued in the millions. Full story. -- Robert Lemos, ZDNet News

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