A man who stole an X-Box 360 was caught after the console signed itself in automatically upon connection to the Internet.

"Jeremy Gilliam, 22, from the Bronx in New York City, was arrested after the victim of a theft noticed a gametag he had set up in a recently stolen console had appeared online," writes The Register's John Leyden. "The victim told his parents who, in turn, notified the police."

"Gilliam, who already faces car theft charges, was subsequently charged with burglary offenses," Leyden writes.

Click here to read the story at The Register.