Talk about a super bummer. Looks like we have another laptop battery recall situation on our hands. In fact, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 35,000 laptop batteries manufactured by Sony.
And the reason is what you would expect. It seems the Lithium-ion batteries have the tendency to overheat, catch on fire and pose a burn hazard to people. And this is no joke. Apparently, 19 people have already reported problems with overheating. 17 reports involved actual flames and 2 people received mild burns from the faulty batteries.
While the recall is merely voluntary at the moment, it wouldn’t hurt to give the list of affected laptops a good perusal, which includes HP, Compaq, Dell and Toshiba laptops. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want my laptop battery to suddenly burst into flames. Just doesn’t sound fun to me.
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Written by Brenda Stokes on October 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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The Compaq Mini 700 has just been revealed and one thing we noticed right away was how eerily similar it looks to the also recently announced HP Mini 1000. And looking at the specs, the similarities don’t just stop at their looks.
And while the biggest obvious difference is the Compaq logo, it also provides consumers the option of an HSDPA modem, which the HP model does not have. We can also get our hands on the Compaq model quicker than the HP, since the Mini 700 will be released in the UK in December and the Mini 1000 will be released in February of next year.
It is also rumored that when these models come to the US, the HP Mini 1000 will sport a 1024 x 600 resolution and the UK one will have a 1024 x 576 resolution. Interesting. The Compaq Mini 700 is also a bit cheaper at £299 or about $387 compared to the HP model’s £399 or about $517 price tag.
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Compaq has added the new addition to its Presario notebook series with the new 17 inch notebooks PC. The Presario CQ70 laptop features a 2GHz dual-core Pentium T3200 CPU, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 1440 x 900 widescreen display, 802.11b/g/n, and a 5-in-1 card reader. The Compaq Presario CQ70 is priced at $730. [Electronista via Laptop Notebook News]
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Written by Johan on October 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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HP has its sights set on offering up some new computers to desktop PC business users. This line is called the HP Compaq dc7900 and you’ll find starting prices set around $600.
HP’s new Compaq dc7900 line will be available in ultra-slim desktop, small form factor or convertible minitower models. The company hasn’t yet unveiled a lot of technical details, but we do know these models will be Energy Star 4.0 qualified as well as running something new called the HP Firefox Virtual Browser. This is a real-time Web surfing environment which “corrals malicious content from a user’s Internet interactions and removes unwanted programs with a single click.” The dc7900 is apparently the first HP PC to have this offering.
You’ll also find with the dc7900 line some other new security features, including allowing “customers to securely exchange emails with a digital signature” and “permanently remove data from a PC prior to disposal.” It should be available later this month.
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Written by Nino Marchetti on September 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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HP recently introduced a new business-focused Compaq desktop PC which is reportedly energy efficient. It is known as the HP Compaq dc5850 Business Desktop PC and you’ll find it with a starting price of around $600.
The HP Compaq dc5850 Business Desktop PC, available now, makes use of AMD Business Class processors, including the AMD Phenom processor. You’ll also find integrated ATI Radeon 3100 graphics with support for DirectX 10 technology, standard support for dual monitors and standard support for RAID technology with data mirroring.
Other features of the dc5850 include Energy Star 4.0 qualification, an embedded TPM 1.2 security chip and AMD Cool’n’Quiet 2.0 technology. This desktop is focused more towards corporate settings so consumers may want to look somewhere else for a cheap desktop PC.
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For those who spend copious amounts of time listening to their music collection — enough to justify a touchscreen-based music management system — the Qsonix Q110 ought to tempt your wallet. The device is available in 250GB, 500GB or 1TB kits and features front access USB / accessory ports, four discrete analog audio outputs for multi-room applications and IR remote control capabilities. Additionally, it comes bundled with the latest (v2.2) software that adds “a fully integrated MusicGiants HD Download Store using Qsonix’s Album Browser drag-and-drop interface,” and just in case you plan on never going there, each system comes with a $50 music store credit to rope you in. Reportedly, the Q110 is available as we speak with prices ranging from a whopping $5,995 to a staggering $7,795. [Warning: PDF read link]
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