Lost Apple iPhone - a security procedure to remotely 'wipe' the device?

Hello,
I have a brand new iPhone and would like to know what I would have to do if I ever lost permanent possession of it. Is there a procedure such as logging into the .me (.mac) account and selecting my personal passworded and double protected member's top secret area (lol), that I could report my device missing and would then be able to 'wipe' the iPhone clean of all contents before another user could gain access and control it AND possibly me via all my other macs.
Basically, can someone gain control of all my macs if I were to lose my iPhone? Is this possible, and if so, please could you let me know where to find it on the Apple website so I can be prepared to follow the procedure and take control of the lost iPhone from anywhere, wiping it clean of all content and disabling the device forever (this device will explode in 10 seconds... hey don't joke, that may happen one day!), can I gain access remotely to my iPhone and disable it... from my macs or someone else's mac/iphone/blackberry et al, even if someone else DOES gain control of it. Is there a backdoor that I could gain access to while someone else is using my iPhone and shut it down there and then. How quickly could this be done? Securely.
Many thanks,
GC

Remote wipe is available from the exchange server for iPhones deployed in the enterprise environment.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Enterprise_DeploymentGuide.pdf - page 7
However, it you have the 2.1 iPhone upgrade and put a passcode lock on the phone, you can have the option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/

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