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- CPSC Recalls 1.3 (Mobile)
- CPSC Recalls is an iPhone and iPod Touch app that provides you with US Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC recall database. It features recalls fetches new CPSC recalls when opened, view a bigger recall image for comparison, view recall details and description, find out more info about the recall from...
- Tags: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recall, Mobile, Matt Coneybeare, CPSC Recalls, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-09-11
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- HP recalls 70,000 notebook batteries because of fire hazard
- The lithium-ion batteries in about 70,000 HP and Compaq notebook computers are being recalled because they pose a fire hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said today in a statement that there are two reported incidents where the batteries overheated and ruptured, resulting flames and a fire that caused...
- Tags: Notebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Notebook Battery, Engineering, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Hellacious wallboard--take 2
- The nasty wallboard emitting H2S (hydrogen sulphide, a gas) is apparently spread around North America. The Canadians are now complaining about it. I blogged about this latest Chinese import to raise health questions. The stuff was apparently imported from 2001 to 2007. One estimate:...
- Tags: Health Care, Florida, Canadians, Gypsum, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops
- Sony said today that it is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. The recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. The laptops are being recalled because improperly placed wires near...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Recall, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- That sweet smell may be dangerous
- Environmental groups are raisisng a stink over those nice-smelling air fresheners. Today Walgreen's announced it will pull some air freshener products off their shelves. Then the company will have its own independent testing done. The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups tested the air...
- Tags: NRDC Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- Canon to recall copiers that can catch fire
- Canon to recall copiers that can catch fireThe tech world is ablazeFirst the Sony battery problems, and now this.Talk about setting the market on fire...NTNT1998????[b]The latest reported incident was earlier this year in Japan but there were three incidents overseas in 1998, Canon said.[/b]1998? And they're just now addressing this?...
- Tags: Copiers, tech world, Faxphones, Canon Inc., photocopier, CPSC
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Apple battery fiasco
- Hours after posting yesterday that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC determined that substandard batteries for Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro "didn't pose any safety threat" the same organized notified the public that Apple would be recalling 1.8 million Lithium Ion batteries sold for the PowerBook G4...
- Tags: Apple iBook, battery
- Blog posts 2006-08-25
- Federal government clears MacBook Pro batteries
- According to the Feds MacBook Pro owners concerned about the safety of their Lithium Ion battery packs can breathe a sigh of relief, but only if the battery serial number has been checked against Apple's list of recalled cells noted in their voluntary exchange program. Recalled MacBook Pro batteries are...
- Tags: battery
- Blog posts 2006-08-24
- Battery recall could go beyond Dell notebooks
- It seems that the recent battery recall by Dell could only be the tip of the iceberg as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has decided to review all Sony made lithium ion (Li-Ion) notebook batteries.Following Dell's recall of 4.1 million notebook battery units because of fears that they could...
- Tags: battery, notebook
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Dell, Apple notebook batteries linked
- The world's largest personal computer maker, Dell Inc., announced yesterday that it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries with cells made by Sony Corp. The recall is the largest in Dell's consumer electronics history. Dell has identified a...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., battery
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Dell to recall 4 million batteries
- Dell to recall 4 million batteriesIt's not just DellPotentially this recall will impact other makes like HP and Apple as well, since according to Dell the problem is with the battery supplier SONY, and their manufacturing quality, or lack thereof.SONY has sold plenty of Li-Ion laptop cells to just about...
- Tags: Engineering, Dell Computer Corp., battery
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
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