Aug 15, 2006 | Dell, hardware
Dell has announced a recall of 4.1 million notebook batteries because of a production flaw that can result in sudden fires. Six Dell notebooks have exploded or burst into flames, and I’ve seen reports claiming there are hundreds more. The defective batteries...
Aug 1, 2006 | hardware, printers
HP’s entry level color laser printer is down to three hundred dollars. The cost of printing a monochrome page on a color laser is the same as printing the same page on a monochrome laser.Color lasers are now the preferred choice for a small office with only one...
Jul 23, 2006 | audio, hardware
The tech press is all atwitter over the announcement that Microsoft plans to release a handheld music player to compete with the iPod. Microsoft will be competing with Creative and other partners that manufacture hardware based on Windows Media, Microsoft’s...
Jul 19, 2006 | hardware, network
I love 802.11x wireless networking, but it makes me crazy too. It’s solid technology that keeps calling attention to itself – routers stop working or signals aren’t strong enough or laptops suddenly refuse to associate with an access point or signals...
