Oh, do be careful, James…

It seems about the only place that UK intelligence outfit MI6 is competent these days is on the big screen, where James Bond can still defeat maniacal madmen with apparent ease. In the real world it's a little different. Actually, a lot, with absent

It seems about the only place that UK intelligence outfit MI6 is competent these days is on the big screen, where James Bond can still defeat maniacal madmen with apparent ease. In the real world it's a little different. Actually, a lot, with absent minded agents losing nearly a laptop a week over the past year. The epidemic of nozzed up agents losing vital hardware has finally been noticed by MI6's leaders, who are now instituting new laptops with a built in self-destructing briefcase.

It's all very Mission Impossible, but it's also very necessary. 205 laptops have gone missing since 1997, containing anything from top-secret aircraft designs to details on weapons of mass destruction.

The new briefcases (the manufacturers details are so far still secret) can only be opened after punching in the proper code, and if forced open a destruct device will scramble the contents of the laptop's hard drive. Also featured in the funky briefcases is a tracking device which can tell MI6 where the case might be at any given time.