overenthusiasm
Joseph Gregorie, a (former?) Walmart loss prevention officer, is going to make sure nobody steals on his watch, especially not in this economic climate. After seeing a 58-year-old woman stuff several items in her tote bag and head for the exit, he introduced himself. She dropped the bag but continued to leave the store, so he "grabbed [her] in a bear-hug and threw her to the ground," giving the woman a pretty impressive looking black eye in the process. They've both been arrested.
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complaints
Dell sent a tech to replace the CMOS battery on Richard's computer. The tech did replace the battery, but he also ripped out the I/O cable to the motherboard, and ruined Richard's $150 video card. Richard writes:
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lenovo
The
CPSC has announced the recall of 100,000 ThinkPad extended life batteries. "If the battery in the laptop is struck forcefully on the corner, such as from a direct fall to the ground, the battery pack can overheat and pose a fire hazard to users. This is not an internal battery cell defect." Lenovo has received 4 reports of batteries overheating and damaging the notebook. There have been no injuries except "in one case, minor eye irritation to one consumer."
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dell
The battery on Derek's Dell Inspiron 9100 suddenly stopped working. "I mean one day it was fine, holding a charge of over an hour, the next — dead." Derek asked for help via Dell's online tech support.
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apple
Apple hates fixing their bust-ass iPod batteries for free, even if a
class action suit tells them to, but there may be a workaround.
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simoncells.com
Reader Andrea can't catch an break in her efforts to store electrons for her wireless telecommunications needs, and she's looking for vengeance. Or at least a battery, and a refund for the expedited shipping she actually paid for.
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toshiba
Dell, Apple, and IBM laptops have been catching fire, creating new forms of
airport entertainment and providing golden material for bloggers worldwide. Today, we move beyond the Flammable Three, thanks to Toshiba. The company is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries.
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ibm
Fresh on the heels of the
growing ban on
battery-powered inflight use of Apple and Dell laptops: Add IBM to the list of spontaneously combustible mobile adding machines.
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apple
Virgin Atlantic becomes the latest airline to limit laptop use on board, thanks to the threat of exploding batteries. Qantas and Korean Air already have imposed restrictions.
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brown
Engineers at Brown have
invented a battery that uses plastic, instead of metal, to conduct electricty. The new device, "marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a
battery."
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dell
Incendiary photo evidence of a Dell laptop fire has thrown an extra log on the fire of Dell's woes.
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Consumerist
Remember the father and son team who cut in line at Walmart, then threatened an off-duty police officer with bodily harm, then were arrested? They've been charged with battery, and the off-duty cop has been cleared. A police investigator said, "The [Walmart] video supports [Officer] Kirby's version of what happened." [Indy Star] (Thanks to David!)
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