Thursday, May 14, 2009
Insert HP “Hot Deals” Joke Here
If you’re reading this on an HP Pavilion or Compaq Presario laptop, you might want to switch from battery to AC power before reading the remainder of this post. Fearing they might burst into flame, Hewlett-Packard is recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several types of its portable machines.




What an ugly week for Apple. Voice and data reception issues plaguing iPhone 3G, MobileMe still not up to company standards, and now reports of sparking iPod Nanos. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is investigating a possible battery defect in Apple’s older iPod Nano music players after receiving reports of minor fires caused by overheating devices.