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Gadget tracking on the road

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  • Smart Traveller tests a tagging service from zReturn
  • Owners buy and log tags online
  • When found, the finder logs online and contacts owner via a secure online service
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Today's traveling life is a high-tech traveling life. If the cell phone and laptop weren't enough, there's also the MP3 player, Blackberry, 3G modem and even GPS machine to get one's hands on.

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Tags can be attached to everything from cameras to spectacles, MP3 players to keys.

But with more gadgets, there's also more to lose. One way of keeping track of it all is through a tagging service such as zReturn.

zReturn lets finders of lost items find the owners, without them having to paste personal information on all their belongings.

Owners buy the tags online or in a store. These are then attached on everything from watches to Blackberries, laptops to keys. And the tags are registered on the tagging company's website.

If the property is lost and somebody finds it, the finder logs the tag number online following instructions on the tag. Finder and owner then contact each other via an intermediate email service which means the identity of finder and owner are protected.

Six labels and one key tag will cost $12.95 and the service can be used internationally.

For other tagging suppliers, search for 'lost and found tags' online.

Tagging belongings is no guarantee that owners will get them back, but it's a useful first line of defense. As a result, CNN Business Traveller has no hesitation in branding the service as a CNN Smart Traveller tip. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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