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UPDATE
Add toshiba to the list with 830,000 batteries. Fujitsu is expected to also join in the recalls today, too.
These massive battery recalls show no signs of ending.
Today, joining previous recalls by Apple and Dell Computer, IBM Corp. announced a recall of 526,000 laptop batteries made by Sony Corp.
IBM and the batteries’ distributor, Lenovo Inc. of […]

Like a lot of Americans this weekend I’m enjoying it by the beach where I’ve brought along a summer book. But instead of a paperback, I’m doing my beach reading by listening to it on a new gizmo that bills itself as the world’s first self-playing audiobook.
It’s called the Playaway, an audio player about the […]

Experts say outdoor cellphone use in summer storms could make you a target for a lightning strike. The warning is sounded by some Brit doctors - who call the risk a “public health issue.”
They cite a whopping four cases in backing up their warning.

And they swear AT those new digital phones, which many complain have more reception problems than the older analog models. I touched on some of this in my column today but have since been getting e-mail and talking to readers who are clinging to their old phones because…. they work.
“My phone has to be six […]

First it was Sprit Nextel with its Family Locator Service that uses a location based tracking feature to let parents pinpoint the location of their kids on a map.
On Monday, Verizon Wireless offers a similar product called Chaperone that will do the same thing. With the Verizon feature, parents can also set up geographic limits […]

There’s a new tool for serious eBay shoppers that interfaces with mobile phones. A company called UnWired Buyer times calls to just before an auction ends, providing updates on critical listing details, such as the current high bid, and allows the user to place new bids using a custom interactive voice response system and touch-tone […]

Here’s one that shows how PR types find ways to recycle old info as new.
The University of Michigan’s PR machine sent out a news release today citying a “new study” from its Institute for Social Research that reportedly shows some 65% of the public (two-thirds) believe that state governments should pass laws banning driving and […]

I’m beginning to wonder after XM cut its growth projections and rival Sirius has seen shares drop by 45% this year.

Now your running shoes can talk to your iPod.
Apple and Nike announced today a soon-to-be available Nike+iPod $29 kit that will register with the iPod just how much distance the runner has covered. as well as time, pace and calories burned. A sensor buried in the shoes will transmit the info wirelessly to the nano […]

Stuck in traffic and want instant conditions? Starting this week you can call 866-698-7232 and get live traffic reports for roads in 40 different metro areas around the country. You need to register your mobile phone and route at the traffic.com Website. Then you’ll get a Pin number to punch in. The free hotline, […]

There’s a another Windows Mobile 5 smartphone I’ve been testing that I think may be a better alternative to the Treo 700w. It’s the XV6700, a slick-looking, all black Verizon-branded phone that features a sliding keyboard for easier typing. My tests around town show it getting better reception than the Treo 700w I’ve been carrying. […]

Almost six months after the introduction of the Treo 700w smartphone that runs on the Windows Mobile platform, Palm has released another version of the powerful phone - the Treo 700p - that works on the original and more familiar Palm operating system. It’s a move to get around criticism from many users that Microsoft’s […]