Stolen Apple Products

Hello,
I lost a number of apple products in an armed robbery. (Iphone4, ordinary Iphone, Ipad2 and Mac Book). I have serial numbers for Iphone4 and Ipad, but I cannot yet locate the numbers for MAC and Iphone 3G
Is it possible for Aple to block these rodcuts from being used by the thieves or recognise the products if they are presented to Apple for registration?
Can the GPS in these machines be able to track where the gadgets are located geographically?
Will apprecaite your collective wisdom.
John

Sorry to hear about the loss, but no, Apple cannot block the use of any of those devices and, in absense of a request directly from an authorized law enforcement agency, cannot report registration attempts. Your cell carrier may be able to block the IMEI for the iPhones; you'd have to ask the carrier.
As to tracking the devices, if you set up the Find My iPhone/iPod/iPad service prior to the theft, then there is a chance that the devices can be tracked, though it depends on a number of factors (the device is turned on, connected to either the 3G or a WiFi network, and has not had the service disabled or the device been completely restored). If you did not set up the Find service, then there is no way to track it. There is at this time no way to track a MacBook unless you installed third-party tracking software in it.
Regards.
P.S. This forum is for questions about QuickTime. Just so you know.

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