Notebook Security: Belkin USB Laptop Alarm

Every time you hang out at the Internet cafe, sipping lattes and surfin’ the web (creating your empire, we know), there comes a time when you have to get up to go to the bathroom. When you’re there alone, what do you do in such an emergency? Mostly, we leave our belongings at the table, run to the john and hope it will still be there when we get back. Belkin has another idea that may make your washroom sprint a little less anxiety-inducing.

The Belkin 5L013 USB Laptop Security Alarm secures your computer from theft by plugging in the USB cable, tethering it to an anchor (like wrapping the cable around a table leg) and locking the device with a key. If someone tries to grab your notebook while you’re fixing your hair in the bathroom, it will release a shrieking alarm sound loud enough to deter the stealthiest of thieves and alerting you that you’d better get back and turn the alarm off (by inserting the key) before the other caffeinnated loungers douse your machine in espresso.

Get the Belkin USB Laptop Security Alarm for $30 from The Sharper Image. Search around the web and find it for as little as $20.

[via Crave]

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