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Macferno: Cable Modem explodes destroying PowerBook

by Erica Sadun (Dec 10th, 2006)

On November 16, an OnDeckTech 24x7 help desk technician received a call from a distraught PowerBook owner whose laptop had just been destroyed, trying to see if she could recover any of her data. Her 80GB 15-inch PowerBook, her two Maxtor external 300GB drives and her 160GB LaCie Porche drive had ...

Sony announces price on battery recall, checks couch for loose change

by David Chartier (Aug 25th, 2006)

Product recalls are certainly nothing new to the tech industry, but two significant PC players (Dell and Apple) having to recall a collective 5.9 million batteries has to sting just a little for Sony. Macworld is reporting that the Japanese company announced an estimate on the cost of said sting: ...

12-inch PowerBook batteries can catch fire, too

by David Chartier (Aug 3rd, 2006)

It looks like Dell isn't the only company who can have a little fun with laptops that get just a little too hot. Apparently, the battery of a Norwegian design firm employee's 12-inch PowerBook worked just a little too hard and caught ablaze itself, resulting in the image you see here. Let's hope ...

Found Footage: Blowing up a PowerMac G4

by Damien Barrett (Jul 2nd, 2006)

Some guy asked for donations to buy a G5. As a reward to his donors, he said he would blow up his aging PowerMac G4. ...

Exploding Shuffle

by Dan Lurie (Jun 19th, 2006)

Kids, take care of your iPods. They entertain you, keep you company, and act as a status symbol (even though you deny it). And, if one day your shuffle decides to go belly up, lay it to rest peacefully by sending it to the big iPod recycling plant in the sky. What you should by no means do is ...

iBook battery catches fire

by David Chartier (Jun 1st, 2006)

We hear about the occasional battery recall, and there are always the complaints that computers are getting too hot, but things went to a whole new level for a family in Minnesota. As WCCO in the Twin Cities reports, an 11 year-old boy set a running iBook down on the carpet and left the room. His ...