[ISN] 10 years of work 'down the drain' after laptop stolen from firm

http://www.denbighshirevisitor.com/news/denbighshire-news/2010/07/07/10-years-of-work-down-the-drain-after-laptop-stolen-from-firm-105722-26797145/

By Brian Howes
Denbigh Visitor 
July 7 2010

Reward for laptop

A REWARD is being offered for the safe return of a stolen laptop 
containing 10 years of a company's work.

Thieves broke into DB Liquid Ltd in Ruthin and made off with two 
laptops.

One contained specialised software in which the firm had invested over 
250,000.

Company director Geoffrey Williams said the programs would be no use to 
anyone else, but means systems of work spanning 10 years could be lost 
to the database constructing firm.

He said a reward would be paid if the Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop could be 
returned.

"We'd developed a lot of our system software on the laptop which was 
backed up on a flash drive," he said.

"But unfortunately that was stolen too which means 10 years of work has 
gone down the drain.

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