Well, has it only been since October since the last high-profile recall of laptop batteries? Indeed it has. On Thursday, HP announced a recall of 70,000 laptop batteries due to overheating issues. In fact, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s announcement, there are two reports of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in fire. No injuries, though, so that’s a positive. Laptops that can be affected by the recall are: HP PavilionCompaq PresarioHPHP Compaq dv2000 dv2500 dv2700 dv6000

Super Talent announced it is now shipping its UltraDrive SSDs with Firmware version 1370 which enables improved performance when used with Microsoft Windows 7. The Super Talent “UltraDrive Performance Refresh Tool” allows users to refresh their performance, should they experience performance degradation associated with all SSDs when files become fragmented and data becomes stale. The update also improves the performance of UltraDrive SSDs, which is nice as it is a free performance boost.

With the new firmware Super Talent has increased the maximum sequential read speed of both the UltraDrive ME and UltraDrive LE to 260GB/sec max and the sequential write performance of the UltraDrive ME to 200GB/sec max and the UltraDrive LE to 210GB/sec max, delivering the world's fastest SATA 3Gb/s SSDs in a small 2.5″ form factor.

Google’s services outage today was apparently Google mucking with something on the backend, in a sort of “don’t touch if it ain’t broke” mistake. Admittedly, we’re being snarky, as Google was working on something that definitely needs addressing, but it still made a major impact on systems around the world. It’s the old “we are running out of IP addresses problem.” IP addresses identify clients on the Internet, and IPv4, the current version has a limit of 4,294,967,296 possible unique addresses. The solution

Clearwire and Cisco have formed an alliance to expand WiMAX services throughout the U.S. and offer additional devices that will work with the WiMAX standard. Under the terms of the partnership, Cisco will provide the network backbone for Clearwire’s national WiMAX network. In addition, Cisco will build new mobile devices that are compatible with Clearwire’s Clear 4G mobile WiMAX service. As you know, WiMAX provides wireless broadband Internet at speeds much faster than today’s 3G networks. Sprint and Clearwire

Logitech has certainly dabbled in the gaming realm before, but this is arguably its most impressive venture yet. For years now, home cinema enthusiasts have wondered why Sony added in Bluetooth remote control capabilities over the far more widely accepted RF radio. At long last, a company with a trusted record in the remote industry is stepping forward with a bridge, enabling Sony’s PlayStation 3 to become the media center it was always meant to be when not playing games.The suitably named Logitech Harmony Adapter

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Computex 2009 is just around the corner, which means lots of new notebooks and obviously, lots of new storage options. A-DATA is getting a leg-up on everyone else by announcing that it will be on hand in Taiwan to introduce its high-performance memory modules, the highest speed CompactFlash (CF) cards in the industry, new SSD products, trendy portable hard drives and a new family of USB flash drives.Among the new products that the company will bring are XPG Overclocking Series memory modules: DDR3 2133X and

There’s good news for Mac Pro owners: the latest Mac OS X 10.5.7 update offers support for ATI’s Radeon HD 4870 card. The Radeon HD 4870 graphics card has been an option for new Mac Pro buyers since the Mac Pro was refreshed in March. Around the same time, Apple began offering a Radeon HD 4870 kit for Mac Pros manufactured since 2008. Since the card was announced, however, customers who pre-ordered the card have been waiting. Some recipients received the Radeon HD 4870 card earlier than expected, but were advised

Dell has pushed out quite a few new machines of late, and it’s not showing any signs whatsoever of slowing down. This week, the company has expanded its iconic Inspiron line by adding in a new netbook, a few new slim and mini-tower desktops and six new colors for the Inspiron 15 lineup.Starting with the smallest of the bunch, we’ve got the Mini 10v. Naturally, it’s not all that different than the existing Mini 10, but it’s actually a lower-cost version that makes getting a netbook an even more affordable venture.

Craigslist, the online classified site said Wednesday it will drop its controversial “erotic services” category in response to law enforcers who said the ads were a front for prostitution. The old category will be replaced with one listing “adult services,” and a fee will be charged, the company said.

The current controversy over the “erotic services” section of Craigslist was kicked-off by an incident in Boston where a man is alleged to have used the section to meet women, one of whom was abducted and one of whom was murdered.