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Two Triple-Screen Laptops Were Stolen From Razer's CES Booth (theverge.com)
In a Facebook post, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said two of their prototype laptops shown off at CES 2017 were stolen. "We treat theft/larceny, and if relevant to this case, industrial espionage, very seriously -- it is cheating, and cheating doesn't sit well with us," Tan wrote. "Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn't very smart." Both items were prototype models of a laptop, called Project Valerie, that has three 4K displays. The Verge reports: Tan says that Razer is working with law enforcement and CES management to investigate. He's also asking show attendees to email legal@razerzone.com with any info they might have on what happened. A company representative added that a $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction. The alleged theft occurred "after official show hours," says Allie Fried, director of global events communications for the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES. "The security of our exhibitors, attendees and their products and materials are our highest priority," Fried wrote in an email to The Verge. "We look forward to cooperating with law enforcement and Razer as the incident is investigated."
Even though it was after hours, just how many cameras are there within sight of their booth? At the biggest electronics show in the US? The building itself probably has more than enough "footage" (bitage?) to at least pinpoint when if not who.
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Would anyone like to buy a triple-screen laptop? The brand logo is scratched, but otherwise it's brand new.
Usefulness: Debatable.
Uniqueness and recognizability: 100%.
Someone is asking for trouble.
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How typical and old-school. I'd bet half of my life savings this is an advertising stunt.
I guess with 3 screens there was no room for a Kensington Security Slot to lock them down.
I know criminals are not supposed to be that smart, but if you read between the lines here, nobody is getting any money for information. It could take 1-2 years to convict someone of this theft. By the time someone is convicted, Razor will conveniently forget about any reward money.
Offer a reward leading to an arrest.
These weren't even real prototypes. The whole thing is vaporware at the moment. You won't see this thing for another 5 years at least. Find me a graphic card capable of driving three 4K displays, now explain how you're fitting that inside a laptop.
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...If it were my prototype laptop, I"d've specced it with not just one but two Kensington slots...
Because two zip ties are better than one?
Give me a break. If a thief wants your multi-thousand dollar laptop bad enough, they're going to use a $5 pair of wire cutters to defeat your pathetic attempt to secure it with that sales gimmick of a solution.
Well, we know it likely wasn't an Apple employee since they would be more interested in a laptop with no screen, or at least a screen that requires a dongle.
I'm not at all surprised this happened. The United States is in the midst of a major - probably the most major in it's history - crime epidemic. Probably the most major in the history of any human society.
We read in the news every week about brazen robberies and burglaries: People literally driving vehicles into store front windows, grabbing items, then speeding away. Gangs of gorilla thugs invading stores and collectively stealing everything in sight. Car break-ins are so prevalent that police do not even respond nor investigate.
And on top of it more criminals than ever are roaming the streets because the jails are way overcrowded and many jurisdictions have passed leniency laws which seriously reduce penalties for many serious crimes.
It is absolutely not surprising that something like this theft would happen. Par for the course in America 2017. This is not an accident either, its the direct result of the policies of politicians constantly trying to score "humanitarian" points by pandering to the lowest-common-denominator in society in a sickening race to the bottom that's literally leading to societal collapse. Dysgenia is in full-swing in America fueled by "compassionate" policies which are nothing more than pathological delusion bordering on the criminal.