If there’s ANYTHING worth learning about or worth inventing, it’s battery hacks or tips, or some kind of invention that makes batteries last forever. This website I found doesn’t present any great new technological device to save me $1000 a year, but it has some really neat tips! The one I found very useful is substituting quarters and C batteries when you need some D batteries. Sweet! There’s more to be found at Lifehacker, Top 10 Battery Tips.
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News is out that some Sony batteries, used in HP, Toshiba, and some Dell laptops, are being recalled.
SEATTLE (AP) — Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.
The voluntary recall applies to certain Sony 2.15Ah lithium-ion cell batteries made in Japan and sold around the world in laptops made by Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Toshiba Corp.
Some incidents involved smoke or flames, according to Sony. Twenty-one of the reports claimed minor property damage, and small burns were reported in four cases.
The affected laptops are the HP Pavilion, Compaq, and Compaq Presario models sold between December 2004 and June 2006; Dell Latitude and Inspiron models sold between November 2004 and 2005; and Toshiba Satellite and Tecra laptops from April to October 2005.
You can find out more information on the official recall site, here.
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