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Corsair Recalls Force 3 120 GB SSDs, Offers Free Replacement

Corsair has just announced that it has identified several hardware issues that affect the stability of the Force 3 high-performance SSD, so the company has recalled all the affected drives to replace them free of charge.According to Corsair's customer support, these problems range from BSODs and BIOS detection e...

8 June 2011
07:33 GMT

RIM Recalls 900 BlackBerry PlayBooks Over OS Issues

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is recalling a number of around 1,000 BlackBerry PlayBook devices, some of the latest reports around the web note. Apparently, soon after making the device available for purchase, the company discovered some issues with these units, and decided to recall them to fix...

16 May 2011
02:19 GMT

Intel Details the Source of the P67/H67 Chipset SATA Bug

Intel has recently informed the press that the issue which forced the company to halt production of its P67 and H67 Sandy Bridge chipsets is due to a transistor in the 3Gbps PLL clocking tree that was mistakenly over-volted when the PCH was designed. The AnandTech website managed to find out what is wrong with Int...

1 February 2011
07:11 GMT

41,000 Toshiba Satellite T Laptops Recalled

Once again, a flaw in the design of a product has prompted an IT company, Toshiba to be precise, to recall about 41,000 laptops from its Satellite T Series of mobile computers, on the grounds that the plug-in to the AC adapter can melt the plastic around it. Over the years, PC makers sometimes found themselves in a ...

3 September 2010
08:27 GMT

Stand Problems Cause Sharp to Recall 9,000 32-Inch LCD TVs

Sharp has long been a supplier of display solutions but not all news is favorable for the company and, even with the many promising products on sale, slip-ups sometimes occur, the outfit being now forced to recall about 9,000 32-inch LCD TVs because of potential issues with the screen's stand neck support.As co...

1 September 2010
10:18 GMT

Apple Recalling Faulty 2008 Time Capsules

Apple is not only covering faulty MacBook Air hinges for devices out of warranty, but also Time Capsules sold between February 2008 and June 2008, according to a Support document over at the company's web site. Time Capsule is a wireless, network-attached storage device combined with a router. Customers whose Ti...

12 July 2010
03:21 GMT

Sony Recalls 535,000 Vaio Laptops for Overheating

Over the years, there have been many occasions when a personal computer supplier or another, regardless of how prominent, was forced to issue a recall of its wares. Most often, the problems consisted of manufacturing flaws that led to overheating. Apparently, Sony is faced with exactly this type of situation. To...

30 June 2010
09:04 GMT

HP Recalls 54,000 More Fiery Notebook Batteries

HP is, currently, the greatest PC supplier on the planet, having shipped a total of desktops, notebooks and netbooks that clearly exceeds the performance of Dell and Acer. However, even the top player isn't perfect. In fact, over the years, certain issues, mostly related to fire hazard, have prompted the company...

22 May 2010
04:12 GMT

Sony Recalls About 69,000 Vaio Adapters

It's a known fact that Sony has had a series of mishaps with a number of its laptop batteries in the past, with the company being forced to issue recalls for those affected models. Just last year, Sony batteries powering systems from the likes of HP, Dell and Toshiba were recalled, with 19 reports of batteries o...

29 October 2009
06:24 GMT

iPhone 3G Replacement Ultracompact Adapters Arrive

Last month, Apple warned users of the iPhone 3G Ultracompact USB Power Adapter that the device was prone to causing electric shock. Consequently, the company urged them to bring their adapters in, with the iPhone in hand, to have them replaced for free. Those who went with the recall program are now reporting that th...

7 October 2008
06:20 GMT

iPhone 3G Adapter Recall – A 'Minor Speedbump'

Apple announced last week that, under certain conditions, the iPhone 3G ultracompact USB power adapter may cause “electric shock,” recalling all units from the US, Japan, Canada and other territories. While some may think this affects Apple's sales / image, American Technology Research analyst Shaw W...

23 September 2008
02:50 GMT

Dell, Gearing Up for a Massive Vostro Notebook Recall

Earlier this week Dell started shipping its Vostro 1310 and 1510 notebook PC series with an improperly-configured keyboard. As previously reported, the company equipped its notebooks with an additional slash key, situated right between the left Shift and the Z, which not only looks strange, but also made typing a liv...

9 May 2008
04:24 GMT

Watch Out, Your Sony Cyber-Shot Might Cut Your Hands! Check Here to See If You're in Danger!

Sony's got quite a long history with recalls, especially after last year's massive laptop battery scandal. However, it would seem that the Japanese giant will have to go through that ordeal once again (albeit at a smaller scale), but this time no batteries are involved. No, this time they're recalling ...

3 August 2007
08:41 GMT

Ricochet Infinity Forever Changing the Brick-Busting Genre

6 years after the last installment of the Ricochet series was released, Ricochet Infinity from Reflexive Entertainment introduces a new way to play the game by putting the player in direct control of the ball. Instead of waiting for the ball to return to the paddle Recall players can at any time change the ball'...

5 June 2007
05:23 GMT


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