Tag: recall
Apple recall 5-year old iPod Nano players over safety risk
Better late than never? We're hoping that's the case for anyone that may have been affected by this latest product recall by Apple. The iPhone giants are asking customers who have a certain model of iPod Nano mp3 players to…
Toshiba Folio 100 tablet on its last legs already??
It's been barely ten days since Toshiba launched their Folio 100 tablet in the UK, but already the new slate device's vital signs are beginning to flatline. Launched on November 4th in PC World stores up and down the land,…
Aino handset withdrawn by Sony Ericsson just days after Satio recall
Hot on the heels of the Satio debacle come fresh pre-Christmas woes for Sony Ericsson
Nokia set to recall 14 million AC chargers
AC-3E and AC-3U chargers built between April 13th and October 25th 2009 are the items in question.
Sony in yet another burning battery mess – 100,000 laptop batteries recalled in latest safety concern
Poor old Sony is infuriating laptop makers the world over once again, today issuing a recall of over 100,000 batteries it has supplied to numerous portable computer makers.
The recall involves batteries manufactured by Sony in 2004 and 2005, which were supplied to the likes of HP, Toshiba, Acer, Dell and Lenovo. Sony says there have been around 40 overheating incidents involving the batteries, and, like poor workmen the world over, it has blamed the quality of raw materials and factory errors for the problems, rather than just admitting it’s rubbish at making batteries…
The latest burning tech: Sony recalls dodgy Vaio laptops
Cast your mind back to the number of notebook batteries recalled last year due to the risk of them exploding and taking out delicate bits of anatomy on the way.
One seriously affected company was Sony, and it seems the company’s woes aren’t over yet. It’s just recalled 73,000 Vaio TZ-Series laptops sold in the US because of the potential risk of a short-circuit of wires near the hinge that could lead to users being burnt.
The telltale sign of a problem is if there’s a loose screw in the hinge. Loose, possibly, because it’s been touching up electric cables…
D'oh! Sony recalls 350,000 Cyber-shot DSC-T5 digital cameras for safety reasons
It’s not been the best of years for Sony in terms of health scares, what with numerous exploding battery incidents denting the company’s reputation for not injuring people.
Sony recall its own laptop batteries
I'm surprised it's not happened sooner, but at last Sony have chosen to recall their own batteries from their own notebook computers. Initially it's just for those in China and Japan, so if you're a Vaio or other Sony notebook…
