Sneaky App's Photos Lead to Arrest of Alleged MacBook Thief

Yesterday was a bad day to be a laptop thief in Oakland, but a great day for the makers of Hidden, an app that helps you find your stolen MacBook. Hidden, a service that starts at $15 a year, leaves no visible sign that it's been installed on your computer, but offers a trove of information about who nabbed your machine. It sends you photos of the thief and his or her surroundings using the iSight camera; it uses advanced tracking to locate the computer to within a few meters; and it takes screen shots if you want to see what the thief is doing.