Sony is recalling millions of laptop batteries because of manufacturing defects that could lead to fire. The most newsworthy incidents involved DELL laptops, but the potential for injury and destruction of property exists with all laptops that carry Sony batteries. DELL, Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba, and Fujitsu are currently recalling Sony batteries. Keep an eye out for a recall program from your laptop manufacturer if you don’t have one of the aforementioned brands but do have Sony batteries.
Visit this AP article at Yahoo! News for information on which models are being recalled..
I’m a little late in posting this, but it appears that quite a few Dell laptops have been bursting into flame. Thankfully no one has been injured.
The chances of your Dell laptop bursting into flames are very low. I would imagine that these few laptops that are bursting into flame are doing so because too much heat.
You may want to: avoid blocking vents; keep air vents clear of dust; look at the battery and look for signs of damage; and keep an eye on your laptop and make sure it doesn’t get too warm.
So the rumors circulating the net were true though a bit early, because in the end AMD did buy ATI.
What does this mean for us consumers? And for those who love the nForce chipsets, what will happen now? For the first question, it likely means that new chipsets for AMD processors will be superoptimized to work very well with ATI graphics cards, giving those who seek it, better performance than ever. AMD also keeps prices low with high quality, qualities that will likely improve in the AMD’s new ATI division.
As for the second question, many people who custom build AMD based PCs swear by the nForce chipset developed by nVidia and AMD, what will happen on that front remains to be seen.
In anycase, I’m an AMD fan and I like the performance of ATI graphics cards so this looks great to me. It gives AMD another leg upon which they can compete with the largest processor and graphics supplier in the world, Intel. Competition always gives us lower prices and high quality products, and that is nothing but a good thing.
TechCrunch.com is reporting that Yahoo! will be releasing a heavily updated version of its site today. It has not happened yet at 1:06 EST, but since Yahoo! is based on the west coast, that is understandable.
You can try the new design and features out at http://www.yahoo.com/preview or just wait until the new site is up and running. I think the new update is certainly an improvement of the tired Yahoo!. This move should help Yahoo! stay competitive with Microsoft’s new Live.com and Google’s personal homepage.
Intel is planning on releasing the Core 2 Duo processor family next week. This new series of processor should bring about a big increase in performance based on improved architecture rather than increased clock speed. AMD processors at lower clock speeds (Mhz) have recently been faster than Intel processors, because AMD had superior architecture, but it looks like that may no longer be the case.
There are two versions of the processor: Core 2 Duo, and Core 2 Duo Extreme. Intel markets Core 2 Duo for most consumers, and Core 2 Duo Extreme for the most demanding gamers.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which calls itself “The definitive record of the English language”, Google is now a verb. It still remains to be seen if “to Google” will have the lasting power necessary to become like “to Xerox”.
I don’t use the phrase myself, but I’ve heard it once or twice offline and thousands of times online.
Read more about it at MSNBC.
Not the end of me personally, but the effective end of Windows ME and Windows 98 is almost upon us. July 11 is the last day that Microsoft will release patches for these operating systems, making the use of them quite a perilous path to choose. I recommend that you do one of the following: upgrade to Windows XP (for like $80), get a new computer, or disconnect from Internet all together.
