Maxtor Black Armor; Price: $149.99 Stats: 5.2 x 3.3 x 0.7 inches. Weighs 7.2 ounces. Features: 8MB cache with USB 2.0 interface. 160GB storage. Website: www.maxtor.com

WHEN LAPTOPS ARE STOLEN OR LOST, THE CONSEQUENCES can be serious. One missing notebook held personal information on every texas police officer. Others held data on 26 million U.S. veterans, information on patients in a medical study and secrets from the U.K. Ministry of Defense.

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