Tag: RECALL

It may not be as bad as exploding batteries, but it turns out that some 535,000 Sony laptops that started shipping in January may have a fatal flaw, causing them to overheat and potentially deform. The problem lies within the BIOS installed on the Vaio F and Vaio C series machines. The bug affects the computers' basic heat management systems. Sony has recorded 39 instances of the laptops ...

Those aesthetics aren't the only "dangerous" aspect to Acer's Predator gaming desktops. Apparently the insulation on some of the computer's internal wiring can become stripped, and has proceeded to short-circuit and melt internal components and the external casing in two separate reported incidents. Acer is recalling the ASG7200 and ASG7700 machines sold between May and December of last year, ...

Hey, remember that tiny power adapter you got with your new iPhone? Well guess what? It could get a little dangerous -- so Apple wants you to swap it for a newer, less dangerous one. Apparently, the adapter's metal prongs can break right off, thus creating a "risk of electrical shock" and general mellow-harshing. The company issued a recall today for any of the "Ultracompact USB Power Adapters" ...

Own a Sony VAIO TZ? Well, we hate to be the bearers of bad news but your TZ is likely infected by a possibly dangerous manufacturing boo boo. As such, all VAIO TZ models sold between May 2007 and July 2008 are subject to overheating (unrelated to the Lithium Ion battery, mind you) and eligible for free repair. So far, the announcement only covers Japan, we have yet to see any announcements for ...

Look, it's pretty clear that the lithium-ion battery in the first generation iPod nano has the potential to burst into flames. Seriously, how many more cases do we have to see? Even after giving Apple a stern talking-to and ferocious wag of the finger back in March, Japan's government is once again investigating possible battery defects that caused a pair of Tokyo nanos to burn: nano model MA099 ...

Danny Williams' taste in music is so wretched, his own iPod tried to kill him. Very recently, the Douglasville, Ga., native looked down to find his pants pocket engulfed in flames. The culprit: his year-old iPod Nano. Williams walked away from the incident uninjured thanks to a piece of glossy paper in his pocket, which he believes spared him from being badly burned. But, as if having your iPod ...

If you use one of those Sony MicroVault USB drives with a built-in fingerprint reader, the extra security measures you're taking to protect your files may be doing more harm than good -- this according to Sony itself. A security flaw, which affects three models of the company's MicroVault USB sticks, has been discovered that works by allowing hackers to bury malicious code and files in the hidden ...

We have a fascination with people being hurt, maimed or even killed by cell phones. Call us morbid, but we just can't help it. Less than a month after Nokia recalled 46 million batteries from its BL-5C series, the Finnish cell phone maker might have to start thinking about recalling yet another series. An Indian woman (pregnant, no less!) suffered (thankfully) mild burns when her three year ...

It seems we're not the only ones noticing that cell phones are killing off people one by one. Nokia seems to have caught on as well, too, and the company is stepping up to do something to stop the carnage, by recalling 46 million BL-5C batteries that are at risk of short-circuting and burning. Nokia didn't indicate how much this recall will cost it (and battery manufacturer Matsushita, a.k.a. ...

Well it seems that Sony just can't catch a break with its batteries. Actually, It seems like we the consumer just can't catch a break with batteries in general. Whether they're exploding in our pockets, bursting into flames, or just costing us a whole lot to replace. Toshiba is the latest victim of Sony's massive battery recall, which has resulted in the recall of some 9.6 million batteries ...

These days, a good laptop battery is hard to find. Just last week, Acer announced it would be joining the Sony battery recall, which has affected more than seven million laptops worldwide. Today comes news from Apple's Web site of battery problems on the company's MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. The problem is underperformance. Either the computer doesn't recognize the battery at all (as ...

Unlike chimps, laptops that smoke are not very funny. One company that certainly isn't laughing today is Acer, which just announced the recall of 27,000 defective laptop batteries supplied by Sony, which are prone to overheating and smoking. For anyone keeping score, that's now well over seven million batteries being recalled since last August when Dell reported six incidents of overheating ...