batteries

Nokia offers to swap 46 million batteries

News Nokia has offered to replace 46 million mobile phone batteries because they are at risk from overheating -- but the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer denies its actions constitute a product recall.

Tags: nokia, battery, charge, mobile phone

15 August 2007, 11:02 > More matches in News

Apple recalls more G4 batteries due to fire hazard

News Apple Computer is recalling 128,000 batteries that were shipped in its PowerBook G4 and iBook G4 laptops over the past eight months, the second time since last summer that it has issued such a warning.

23 May 2005, 11:00 > More matches in News

Apple recalls 1.8 million laptop batteries

News Apple is recalling 1.8 million batteries that use Sony's battery cell technology, it announced on Thursday. Users are advised to remove the batteries immediately and store them in a safe place. The recall involves 1.1 million batteries sold in the...

25 August 2006, 11:47 > More matches in News

USBCell: Batteries that recharge over USB

Crave They'll work in pretty much every device that accepts AA batteries including digital cameras, wireless mice and keyboards, and remote-controlled cars. We've seen some utterly bonkers USB technology in our time: USB heated gloves and slippers, a...

Tags: usb, battery, cent, capacity

20 September 2006, 11:39 > More matches in Crave

Mobiles batteries to take kinetic charge

News According to M2E, the materials required for manufacture of the devices are readily available, are only marginally more expensive than those needed for current lithium batteries and use 30 to 40 per cent less heavy metals.

Tags: mini, devices, device, generator

23 November 2007, 9:03 > More matches in News

HP recalls laptop batteries worldwide

News HP is recalling almost 16,000 laptop batteries worldwide after reports of the devices overheating and burning, according to a report released on Thursday by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. In HP's most recent case, batteries beginning...

21 April 2006, 9:53 > More matches in News

News.blog: New rules for batteries on planes

News If you don't want to lose your spare lithium batteries for your camera, laptop or mobile phone, you might want to pack carefully for your next flight. New rules from the Transportation and Security Administration that took effect on 1 January ban...

Tags: pack, installed, devices, fire

2 January 2008, 9:16 > More matches in News

Japanese PC makers back Sony batteries

News Fujitsu and other Japanese computer makers said on Thursday that no recall of batteries made by Sony was necessary as their laptops were designed to avoid overheating. Fujitsu statement follows Dell's announcement that it would recall 4.1 million...

18 August 2006, 10:27 > More matches in News

Dell to recall over 4 million batteries

News Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission plan to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries today, a company representative confirmed on Monday. Lithium-ion batteries have two to three times the energy density of nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal...

15 August 2006, 12:25 > More matches in News

Apple recalls MacBook Pro batteries

News Apple has initiated a voluntary recall for some of its 15-inch MacBook Pro batteries, citing performance concerns with the rechargeable batteries. Under its free Battery Exchange Programme, Apple will replace the batteries for 15-inch MacBook Pro...

1 August 2006, 10:30 > More matches in News

NoPoPo Battery: Power from water -- are you taking the piss?

Crave Probably the coolest thing we saw at IFA in Berlin last week was a set of batteries that run off water. Incredibly, these batteries also work with other types of liquid: we saw them tested with beer and apple juice, but the makers say they can run...

Tags: power, battery, batteries, juice

3 September 2007, 10:43 > More matches in Crave

Apple Intelligent Battery Update

Downloads PowerBook 500 series batteries are intelligent batteries that contain a microchip that monitors the amount of energy the battery has left. In some cases, when the PowerBook communicated with the chip it would receive corrupt information and not...

28 February 1997, 4:06 > More matches in Downloads

Virgin Atlantic bans use of some laptops

News Virgin Atlantic has banned the in-flight use of most Dell and Apple laptops, following recalls of thousands of batteries by both computer makers. Only a small proportion of the laptops are affected by the faulty batteries, but the new Virgin policy...

18 September 2006, 11:22 > More matches in News

Which kind of battery is best?

Reviews Proprietary batteries come in all shapes and sizes, to best fit a given camera Batteries designed specifically for a particular model or product line. Most rechargeable batteries for cameras are AA-sized

12 May 2005, 20:49 > More matches in Reviews

How do digital cameras differ from film?

Reviews Many digital cameras use batteries designed specifically for them Film: Takes disposable batteries that require infrequent replacement. Digital: Takes one or more of a variety of battery types -- both disposable and rechargeable -- that require...

12 May 2005, 20:50 > More matches in Reviews