Gateway Recalls Faulty Battery Packs (PC Magazine)

Gateway Recalls Faulty Battery Packs (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The recall affects about 14,000 laptops that were sold with lithium-ion battery packs in a three-month period in 2003.

Dell colors its laptop world (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Business computer-maker Dell plans to start aggressively courting consumers Tuesday- in part with new laptops colored flamingo pink. The No. 2 PC maker has always offered some consumer computers. But they tended to be offshoots of its business products, and usually amounted to only 15% of U.S. sales.

Dell gets a splash of color
— Flamingo pink laptops, anyone? Computer maker Dell Inc. is hoping its image as a stodgy maker of desktop and notebook computers is about to end, and it’s banking on some new color options and designs to do the trick.” link: Dell gets a splash of color

In Pictures: Dell's Inspiron 531 PC (PC World)
PC World - Dell Introduces New LookDell has unified its branding across its notebook and desktop lines, with Inspiron now the moniker of choice. The new Inspiron series has a fresh chassis design, as seen on this Dell Inspiron 531. The 530/531 mini-tower looks more contoured than its predecessor; the slim-tower 530s/531s models (not shown) are 40 percent smaller than the previous slimline chassis. Pricing starts at $349. ...

Debate Over Laptop Seizures Heats Up (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A business traveler's group voices its opinion to a federal court as to whether border agents can snoop through travelers' laptops as they enter the United States.

R-283: HP Help and Support Center Running on HP Notebook Computers...
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Help and Support Center running on HP Notebook Computers running with Windows XP. The