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  • Sony recalls VAIO TZ laptops

    Sony advised today that there has been a recall on certain units of its VAIO TZ series notebook, due to "irregularly placed wires near the hinge" or "a dislodged screw inside the hinge" causing a short circuit and the laptop to overheat.

  • Nokia recalls 46 million batteries

    Nokia has issued a recall for Lithium-ion batteries used in over 50 of its mobile phones under suspicion that faulty units could pose a risk of overheating.

  • HP recalls 135,000 battery packs

    Hewlett-Packard on Friday recalled 135,000 battery packs sold with its notebook computers shipped globally from March 2004 to May 2005.

  • Phone explodes, Nokia answers

    Nokia has responded to a story ZDNet Australia published on Wednesday in which a reader, Linda Lisica, sent in photographs showing how her battery shot out of a charging phone and exploded.

  • Apple recalls 1.8 million batteries

    Because of a risk of fire, Apple Computer is recalling 1.8 million batteries that use Sony's battery cell technology, which also was at the root of Dell's historic recall last week.

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  • FAQ: How to smoke out the recalled battery

    Nervous Dell owners around the world are scrutinising their battery packs and wondering if their laptop is one step away from bursting into a high-tech inferno. Other laptop owners also have to wonder if their systems might also be affected by faulty lithium-ion batteries. Here's what you need to know.

  • VoIP war stories from the Australian front

    In this feature, ZDNet.com.au speaks to IT managers across the nation to collate their "war stories" deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in their organisations. Cut through the spin and find out what's really happening on the Australian VoIP front.

  • LinkedIn: Lloyd Taylor, VP of Technical Operations

    Lloyd Taylor, vice president of technical operations at LinkedIn talks about facilitating online communications between its 17 million business professionals. He also discusses his past experience building and scaling data centres at Google and how it differs from his new role.

  • Are appliances here to stay?

    Computing appliances promise simplicity, but do they deliver? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • RFID: Can it help your business?

    In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?

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  • Flaming LAX laptop was a ThinkPad

    A burning laptop that frightened passengers at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend was a ThinkPad, Lenovo confirmed Wednesday, and that notebook ships with Sony's battery technology.

  • FAQ: How to smoke out the recalled battery

    Nervous Dell owners around the world are scrutinising their battery packs and wondering if their laptop is one step away from bursting into a high-tech inferno. Other laptop owners also have to wonder if their systems might also be affected by faulty lithium-ion batteries. Here's what you need to know.

  • Toshiba recalls pocket PCs in Australia

    Electronics vendor Toshiba has announced a voluntary recall of its Pocket PC e740, after company test labs in Japan identified a fault in the gadget's back-up battery.

  • Netgear SSL312

    We found this to be an impressive unit and, while it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, if you need to facilitate up to 25 concurrent SSL VPN user sessions then the NETGEAR SSL312 is definitely worthy of short-listing for evaluation.

  • Sony DCR-TRV950E - Semi professional

    The DCR-TRV950E is a stylish and powerful model with an admirable amount of manual control. Read our take on this Mini DV camera.

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