Listen up, moronic thieves: if you’re dumb enough to steal modern technology like iPads, iPhones and other smart, connected devices, you’d better be prepared to dance with the police – and very large dudes called Otis who have a bad habit of dropping the soap.

A SIM card stolen from a smart meter has been used to rack up $193,187.43 in data and voice call charges, delivering an 18 month sentence and an order to repay the lot.

Although the story of Mark Bao’s stolen MacBook Air being found after the owner “remotely accessed” his computer, and downloading a video that the thief had recorded of himself dancing to “Make It Rain”, does Mr Bao’s story add up?

The recent furore around the Internet regarding "The Cook," "The Thief," and well, you know the rest... has been interesting to observe.  On the Internet it's possible to generate severe over-reactions to things.  This is a perfect example.

A major insurer says electronic gadgets including cameras and MP3 players have displaced jewellery as the items most commonly stolen.

We've all heard of software that's designed to help track stolen notebooks. But the remote management software you're already using may be able to do the same job at no extra cost.

Hi! I'm a PC. I'm a Mac. And I'm a stolen iPhone from Belgium!

It is bad enough that the bad guys constantly try and phish your financial data via email and fake websites, now cash machines are getting in on the act.

What would you do if your Xbox 360 was stolen? Giving up on ever seeing his games console again was not an option for one student who suffered such a fate.

Need some protection against the theft of your future 3.5G enabled laptop computer? Then the fact that Ericsson’s “Mobile Broadband Modules” now work with Intel’s “Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology” aims to give you some peace of mind.