Acer recalls 27,000 laptop batteries (AP)

Acer recalls 27,000 laptop batteries (AP)

AP - Acer Inc., one of the largest computer makers in the world, launched a recall Wednesday of about 27,000 laptop batteries, becoming the latest company to warn of faulty Sony-made lithium-ion batteries that could overheat and cause a fire.



Children of the Information Age and the Death of Text.

...optimistic!). By the mid the 1990s millions have been sold and the design life of the latest tiny notebook computers is now as brief as nine...



Acer America Corporation Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries

...certain Acer notebook computers. As announced previously by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been 16 reports of notebook...



OLPC laptop shipments delayed until third quarter (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.