Acer Recalls 27,000 Laptop PC Batteries (PC World)

Acer Recalls 27,000 Laptop PC Batteries (PC World)

PC World - Just six months after saying Acer Inc. laptop PC users would not need to replace any batteries amid a massive global recall, a company subsidiary announced a recall for 27,000 batteries in the U.S.



Hardware: Dell Rethinking the Direct-Sales Market

It is harder to custom configure notebook computers, so they had to be manufactured in advance, which lost Dell some of its cost advantage.



Corning to invest $129M in advanced LCD plant (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Amid rising prices for the LCD (liquid crystal display) panels used as screens in LCD TVs, laptop PCs, and flat desktop displays, Corning announced plans to spend an additional $129 million to expand a glass substrate factory in Taiwan.



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.