Aug 29, 2006 | business, hardware
The people marketing to consumers are malicious and hostile. Or possibly they’ve been kidnapped and replaced by aliens bent on driving us crazy. Those are the only explanations that make sense.You may have read the media coverage of Intel’s blazing new...
Aug 24, 2006 | Apple, hardware
Apple has announced a recall of 1.8 million Sony lithium-ion batteries, supplied with some iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebooks. Here’s an article with details about today’s announcement.Other manufacturers used the same batteries – this may not be...
Aug 24, 2006 | broadband, hardware, mobile, phone
Travellers love Verizon’s EVDO service. You can get a reasonably speedy broadband connection for your cell phone/PDA or for your notebook computer, almost anywhere there’s cell phone coverage.For a computer, the service requires a new piece of hardware...
Aug 16, 2006 | business, hardware
Although Dell is the featured name in the headlines for its notebook battery recall, don’t overlook that this is Sony’s fault and Sony is paying for the embarrassing cleanup. It continues Sony’s nearly unbroken record of technology...
Aug 15, 2006 | Dell, hardware
Dell has announced a recall of 4.1 million notebook batteries because of a production flaw that can result in sudden fires. Six Dell notebooks have exploded or burst into flames, and I’ve seen reports claiming there are hundreds more. The defective batteries...
Aug 1, 2006 | hardware, printers
HP’s entry level color laser printer is down to three hundred dollars. The cost of printing a monochrome page on a color laser is the same as printing the same page on a monochrome laser.Color lasers are now the preferred choice for a small office with only one...
