New Dell Laptop Battery Recall

Posted by karl on Oct 31, 2008 in Hardware, Technology | 2 comments http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09035.html Dell has identified a potential issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, Dell is voluntarily recalling certain Dell-branded batteries with...
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Warning From The FTC – A “Phish-erman’s Special”

Posted by karl on Oct 18, 2008 in Security | 0 comments With the financial crisis in full swing, the FTC is putting out a warning that there may be more Phishing sites spun up in an attempt to capture your financial information. However, we believe they may also use a Security Certificate Trojan rather than a phishing attempt. As always, avoid clicking on any links within emails from untrusted sources. Even if you recognize the sender, if they are...
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Will Two AMDs Be Better For You?

Posted by karl on Oct 7, 2008 in Hardware, Technology | 0 comments AMD has announced a splitting off of it’s manufacturing to Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10328&tag=nl.e539 While that is good for their books (they have been loosing the battle against Intel for some time now) and shareholders…what does it mean for the many people out there with AMD products and those who prefer AMD over...
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