Hitachi plays dumb in shunning notebooks
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5511536.html

What does it say when a large tech company appears to have thrown in the towel with respect to trying to secure themselves through traditional means? I'm sure a lot has to do with cost savings not just lost data.

You would think that the people with the most senistive data would be higher ups ... maybe it is easier in Japan but around here it would be difficult to tell management they can't have a laptop anymore. Half the time you can't get them to throw away the post-it with their password on it.