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Toshiba recalls another 10,000 Sony-made batteries as the exploding battery fever grinds ever closer to an unsatisfying conclusion. [eWeek via Crunchgear]
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ThinkGeek to Make Amends for Defective PF Digital eStarling Photo Frames
The ugly duckling of digital photo frames, the PF Digital eStarling, has gone into full recall mode, where its online retailer ThinkGeek will graciously exchange all of the original defective units that were shipped with a new version 2.0 model sometime next month. It looks like most of the problems with the first version of the eStarling might be solved, except for one: More »
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Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The incidents are supposedly extremely rare and only happened in demo chairs that are constantly being used. That's too bad—it's cold as hell here in the Midwest and I could use a good fire massage.
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Matsushita Fire-Massage Chair Not Working out as Planned
Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The incidents are supposedly extremely rare and only happened in demo chairs that are constantly being used. That's too bad—it's cold as hell here in the Midwest and I could use a good fire massage.
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Sony Joins the Club of 'Laptop Companies Recalling Sony Batteries'
It took the recalls of Dell, Apple, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Lenovo and Toshiba Sony-branded laptop batteries for Sony to realize that there may be a problem. They will be recalling 90,000 of the batteries used in their Vaio series of laptop computers. The majority of which are in Japan and China. More »
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Gizmodo Frankenreview: Sony Laptop Battery Recalls
Who would have thought a series of boring laptop battery recalls could explode into such mass hysteria? Flaming tempers are running rampant at Sony executives. Though they've traditionally made some hot electronics, it hasn't paid off in their battery recalls - now totaling well over 7 million units. Dell, Apple, Toshiba, IBM/Lenovo, Fujitsu and Hitachi are all taking heat from their guilt by assonyiation. Check out our warm apple pie graph, and then hit the jump for a very special frankenreview (hint: we actually got him into a speedo). More »
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Hitachi (Sony) Battery Recall
Hitachi has just recalled 16,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries due to possible overheating problems (Japan models only). The batteries, as in other recent recalls, are manufactured by Sony. We wonder if there are actually documented problems with the latest recalls ("boomies"), or if companies are just leaning hard on Sony, threatening to pull future purchases if their old batteries are not replaced. More »
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Fujitsu Joins Battery Recall Club
Dell, Apple, Lenovo, IBM and Toshiba have welcomed Fujitsu with open-arms to the battery recall club. This is an exclusive club that decided to use Sony batteries in their laptops which inadvertently causes big ba-da booms. More »
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Sony Knew About Exploding Batteries?
In a way, yes. Nearly a year ago a Dell laptop fitted with a Sony battery caught on fire. Sony then said that the batteries (the ones that ended up getting recalled almost a year later) were prone to overheating, but Sony neglected to examine any other batteries they produced and neglected to examine the hardware used in the Dell laptops. They didn't do so because no other accidents had been reported—in a way, they ignored the matter. More »
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Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Batteries, Stops Big Bada Boom(s)
So, Dell laptops like to get hot and explode sometimes, if you hadn't heard. Well, they are finally doing something about it by recalling 4.1 million notebook batteries. This is the largest recall in Dell history. The faulty batteries have cells made by Sony and were sold from April 2004 until July 2006 in Latitude, Inspiron and Precision notebooks. According to Dell, 18-percent of the machines sold during the time period have faulty batteries that can overheat and possibly explode into a fiery ka-bloom. No word yet on how to acquire a replacement battery, but we'll keep you posted as the info comes through. Thanks, everyone who emailed this in. More »
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HP Recalls R707 Digital Camera
In our continuing effort to save the lives of each and every Gizmodo reader we are proud to inform of the latest recall. This one comes from HP. They are recalling 679,000 Photosmart R707 digital cameras because they can overheat when attached to an AC adapter or docking station. This overheating happens when the camera is docked or plugged in while using non-rechargeable batteries. Wtf? More »
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HP Battery Recall
If you have ever sat down in the loo with laptop in
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O2 Recall X1 Handsets
The UK mobile carrier, O2, is recalling their X1 handsets because of a potential charging fire hazard. Owners of the X1 are being recommended to stop using their phone immediately and return it to O2. In exchange the users who return their fire-faulty phones will receive the X2i handset. All of the X1 phones will be rendered useless on the O2 network beginning on Monday—to prevent any kind of damage or harm due to malfunctions with this phone. If you happen to be one of the users of this phone, you can visit the O2 site for more information. More »
3:44 PM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by Nick: ironic title for the source site there ;) more »
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Sony Vaio Blunders
It appears that Sony has made a big boo-boo according to the company's website. A notice was found that states four models of their S-series Vaio computers have a severe defect. The systems can possibly have two different problems: either they will randomly shut down or fail to boot completely. The affected models are:VGN-S16GP/LP/TP
VGN-S18GP/LP/TP
VGN-S26GP/LP/TP
VGN-S28GP/LP/TP
If your computer happens to be one of these models, you should contact a Vaio service center immediately. Sony will be extending the limited warranty on the affected motherboard up to 24 months, along with replacing it free. More »
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Heating Things Up with Dell Batteries
Dell and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a voluntary recall of 22,000 Dell notebook batteries. This is coming after Dell received three complaints of batteries overheating and causing damage to tabletops, desktops and personal effects. No personal injury was reported, but watch out for those legs, you bathroom laptop users. What does this mean for most people? Free new batteries! Here is the big list: Latitude D410, D505, D510, D600, D610, D800, D810, Inspiron 510M, 600M, 6000, 8600, 9200, 9300, XPS Gen 2, Precision M20 and M70. The batteries in question were sold from October 5, 2004 to October 13, 2005. If you own any of these models or have a question, check out the Dell Battery Program website or contact the company at (866) 342-0011. More »
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