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Nokia recalls 14M AC-3E, AC-4U, and AC-3U mobile phone chargers

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Nov 9th 2009 No Comments

The last time Nokia issued a massive recall on its mobile devices it was for faulty battery packs. Nokia today issued a recall that covers about 14 million mobile phone chargers that the company says were built by a third party.

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Coby Electronics issues recall on TF-DVD-8501 portable DVD players

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Oct 23rd 2009 No Comments

Over the last few years, the cause of many recalls on all sorts of electronics products like notebooks has been faulty batteries. A few years back a wide range of notebooks were recalled due to faulty batteries that posed a fire hazard. Coby Electronics and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a product recall on a Coby portable DVD player.

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Walmart recall 1.5m bargain DVD players over fire risk

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 21st 2009 No Comments

At just $29, Durabrand’s DVD players were selling like hot cakes at Walmart stores. Unfortunately it turns out that they’re also going up in flames like hot coals, so the retailer is having to recall around 1.5m of them. Apparently there have been twelve reported cases of the Durabrand player overheating, with five going on to catch fire and cause “property damage”.

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Acer Predator gaming PCs pose fire hazard; recalled

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Mar 19th 2009 2 Comments

The Acer Predator line of gaming PCs is well known for its blazing fast speed and high octane graphics capability. But did you know they could potentially “blaze” a hole through your desk? Well, maybe not quite, but they definitely pose a fire hazard, so says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Canon 5D mirror design flaw calls for immediate repair

By Daniel Lim on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 No Comments

Canon USA has sent out emails to notify the original 5D users, citing a weak design in main mirror attachment could cause the mirror to come loose. A service notice regarding the mirror issue was posted today at 5D’s support site. A repair to reinforce the strength of mirror attachment is imminent, and will be provided to 5D owner, free of charge.

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Maxell Japan recalls DVD-R media, labeling ink were to blame

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Jan 26th 2009 No Comments

maxell dvd r recall I quitted achieving data in DVD optical recording media ages ago, but my Aunt Sally in Osaka still can’t get enough of the lowest cost per gigabyte’s optical storage. She wouldn’t be please though, to hear that stacks of al-cheapo Maxell DVD-R of hers are being recalled due to manufacturing error.

Hitachi has initiated a recall on its Maxell- DVR optical disk lineup due to labeling ink issues that could contaminate disk surface to dirt.

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Rage Wireless Guitar recalled; battery leak to blame

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2008 1 Comment

Well this is definitely not cool! According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Rage Wireless Guitars for the Wii are not safe for consumers! 57,000 of the guitars have now been recalled and there’s no word if this product will make it back to the market.

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Raon Digital recall Everun Note: overheating, blue-screens & dodgy battery gauge

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 22nd 2008 No Comments

It can’t be in too many hands as of yet, but the Everun Note is about to be snatched out of them and dragged back to base. Raon Digital have recalled the compact touchscreen notebook over “failure symptoms” that include high-pitched fan noise, blue-screening, overheating processor, inaccurate battery monitor levels or “an error related to the preinstalled e-dictionary and/or PDA authentication”.

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Sony VAIO TZ overheat problem prompts free test & repair program

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 4th 2008 2 Comments

VAIOTZ Sony has begun a free test & repair program for certain models in its VAIO TZ range, after a fault in the screen hinge can cause dangerous overheating. Apparently in excess of 200 notebooks have overheated, with seven people suffering light burns. The program affects any TZ bought between May 2007 and July 2008, and has so far been announced in the US, UK and Hong Kong.

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Apple Japan and Sony settle lawsuit regarding Battery Fire

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Apr 15th 2008 No Comments

Just when I was beginning to think we were out of the woods with this whole battery fire mess a gentleman’s Apple notebook catches fire in Japan and he sues over it. Apple Japan and Sony have agreed to pay the 1.3 million Yen, or about $13k.

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