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- HP recalls 70,000 "fire hazard" Li-Ion batteries
- HP recalls 70,000 "fire hazard" Li-Ion batteriesThis was bound to happen! As battery technology gets better "Stronger longer life" I think they become inherently more dangerous. Makes me wonder about many of the electric applications for these batteries including cars. Ultimately what kind of fire/explosive hazard will we be driving...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, li-ion battery, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- HP recalls 70,000 "fire hazard" Li-Ion batteries
- HP has announced a voluntary recall of 70,000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Li-ion Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
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- Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b QuietPoint
- Last year, we reviewed the Audio-Technica QuietPoint ATH-ANC7 noise-canceling headphones, and editor Jasmine France thought they were a good value, offering decent but not great sound for the money. Well, when we heard that Audio-Technica was releasing a new, improved version of these headphones with a "b" tacked on to...
- Tags: headphone, Audio-Technica, Bose
- Product reviews 2009-10-28
- *SMobile AntiTheft for Windows Mobile (Mobile)
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- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Anti-theft, Microsoft Windows, SMobile Systems, SMobile, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Security, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-23
- Balance of power: Windows 7 walks fine line between saving battery life and alienating users
- Balance of power: Windows 7 walks fine line between saving battery life and alienating usersSensationalist headlines don't help you make your point... they may help you increase your hits by inviting the ABM crowd to descend like a hoard of locusts, but headlines like this do little to boost your...
- Tags: Engineering, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Can Cool-er e-reader undercut Amazon Kindle sales?
- Interead's CEO and founder Neil Jones has been moving and shaking the past few months, preparing his upstart U.K.-based company to launch a new lightweight e-book reader, the woefully-hyphenated Cool-er, that would sharply undercut the $359 price of Amazon's Kindle 2 with a $250 price tag....
- Tags: Headphone, Battery, Amazon.com Inc., Sales, Amazon Kindle, Interead, Jones, Engineering, E-books, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Nvidia Geforce 3D Vision Kit
- The Nvidia 3D Vision Kit brings a unique 3D video game experience to your computer and is available from Nvidia for $199. The visual effect it produces in games is a fun gimmick, however, in some cases the 3D effect is more distracting than entertaining. We wouldn't recommend the...
- Tags: Engineering, Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Monitors & displays, vision, NVidia Corp., 3D, Nvidia GeForce
- Product reviews 2009-04-01
- SMobile Security Shield for Windows Mobile (Mobile)
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- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Windows, SMobile Systems, SMobile, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Cellular Phones, Security, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Wireless And Mobility, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-10-15
- Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification
- The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...
- Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Dell launches abuse friendly laptop
- Dell on Tuesday launched a rugged version of its Latitude laptop in a move to take on Panasonic and General Dynamics' iTronix unit, which currently dominate the market for laptops used by military personnel, police officers and other folks that need a computer that can take a beating. ...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Latitude, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Bridge traffic powers its monitoring sensors
- Researchers at Clarkson University, NY, have developed wireless bridge sensors which work without batteries. Instead, they are powered by the vibrations caused by passing traffic. This is good news for all the people in charge of maintaining bridges, who will no longer to have to replace batteries installed in hard-to-access...
- Tags: Researcher, Monitoring, Sensor, Clarkson University, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod speaker
- Let's face it: as a category iPod speakers are a pretty uninspired lot. Their plastic, boxy, and sometimes downright awful industrial design flies in the face of the iPod's masterful aesthetic and intuitive ergonomics. Until now, that is. Bowers & Wilkins' curvaceous Zeppelin iPod speaker is as every bit as...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, speaker, Bowers & Wilkins, Bass, Zeppelin iPod, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2007-10-22
- Solar-powered cellphones
- In "Self-powered displays keep gadgets alive," New Scientist describes two new patents granted to Nokia and Motorola which plan to improve the batteries of our favorite handhelds see below for tips on how to find a full version of a patent. While Nokia wants to develop self-powered billboards, Motorola is...
- Tags: Wireless &, Telecom, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-05-05
- Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro runs 40 degrees (F) cooler
- I received my brand new MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it runs much cooler than my previous MacBook Pro.My Core Duo MacBook Pro 2.0GHz (2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive) would frequently reach temperatures of 162° Fahrenheit after running for more...
- Tags: C2D, Fahrenheit, System Management Controller
- Blog posts 2006-11-01
- Sony joins laptop battery recall list
- Sony joins laptop battery recall listWhy do we have batteries in laptops?Maybe it's just me, but I've never used my laptop on battery power, it just doesn't last long enough, so I don't trust it to stay powered up.What I personally would like, is a laptop without a battery, instead...
- Tags: Engineering, Sony Corp., battery, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Bird flu virus infects PCs
- Bird flu virus infects PCsBird flu virus infects the gullibleJust like the rest of the viruses ..made for fools by fools. If you get infected, consider yourself a fool.Microsoft engineering is a dead parrotThere is only one Operating System in existence which permits an email message attachment to execute...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, PC, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virus, Apple Macintosh, e-mail, Bird flu viru, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
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