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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Police say three school-issued laptops are missing from Camden High School.

Friday, March 15, 2013  South Carolina's Election Commission would get about $6 million in one-time money to buy laptops that can speed up precinct lines and save for a future replacement of voting machines under a budget plan proposed by the state House.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Google is adding a new touch to its line of Chrome laptops in an attempt to outshine personal computers running on software made by rivals Microsoft and Apple.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Lexington County deputies say a former employee at an Amazon.com warehouse stole more than 700 iPods and nearly 50 laptops from the company. Investigators said 20-year-old Todd Cofield Jr. was supposed to unload the merchandise from trailers at the Internet retailer's Cayce warehouse.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  A free community shred day and e-waste recycling event is being held in Irmo Thursday.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Two men accused of breaking into multiple Columbia businesses and stealing electronics have been arrested, according to the Columbia Police Department.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  Officials are searching for a suspect, or suspects, involved in stealing a large amount of state owned equipment from the agency's maintenance and storage area on Broad River Road

Monday, October 04, 2010  A medical report says people who work with computers on their laps for long periods could suffer from "toasted skin syndrome."

Friday, February 19, 2010  Pennsylvania school says webcams activated only to find missing laptops; lawsuit says spied on students

Thursday, February 18, 2010  Lawsuit: Pennsylvania school district spied on students at home via school-issued laptop webcams

Wednesday, December 03, 2008  There's work underway to replace batteries for laptops, cell phones and even iPods with tiny fuel cells.