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Razer is a company that makes laptops and computer peripherals such as keyboards, mice, etc. The CEO announced on Monday that two Project Valerie laptop prototypes were stolen from their booth at the Consumer Electronics Show:
In a Facebook post early Monday, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said he'd "just been informed that two of our prototypes were stolen from our booth at CES today."
"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, possibly suggesting a competitor stole the machines. "Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn't very smart." Tan added that Razer has filed "the necessary reports" and is now working with CES management and law enforcement to catch whoever stole the prototypes. He encouraged anyone with information about the theft to reach out to Razer's legal team.
Also at Computerworld.
tomsHARDWARE has some updated info:
The theft occurred during what was likely a chaotic teardown of Razer's suite on the Las Vegas Convention show floor. Note that there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to the guilty party, good for a year from today.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Appalbarry on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:08AM
Ah yes, trade shows. Tear downs tend to be chaos, and by the time that they happen all of the responsible adults have left the room, left town, or are in the bar.
Still, nothing is quite so frightening as a dozen forklift driving, amphetamine fueled teamsters at the end of a fifteen hour overtime shift.
First rule of trade shows: be nice to the trades.
(Score: 2) by goodie on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:16AM
Had somewhat of a similar experience back when I did a summer job in a web development shop in the late 1990s. There was a tv show that came to broadcast from our offices. Everything went really well but after the show, the crew that came to take away all the tv gear also stole a few pieces of computer equipment that were very expensive (e.g., fancy Sony laptops, webcams etc.). Everything was just so messy during the teardown that nobody saw a thing...
(Score: 2) by nethead on Wednesday January 11 2017, @02:24AM
Oh, I see that you have worked as an industrial decorator too!
Back in the very early 80s when working shows the phone installers would let me grab all the wire I wanted and a few phone sets too. One even gave me a Bell 212A DataSet because the data guys didn't show up.
How did my SN UID end up over 3 times my /. UID?