An airline pilot union is calling on the U.S. government to temporarily ban cargo shipments of lithium batteries, saying they represent a serious safety hazard.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents pilots in the U.S. and Canada, asked that the U.S. government prohibit shipments of lithium batteries on all cargo and passenger flights until [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Want Ban on Lithium Battery Shipments By Airline Pilots
January 29th, 2010
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Toshiba is urging its customers to trade in the defective units
January 28th, 2010
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Eight months after recalling potentially flammable notebook PC batteries, Toshiba Corp. is again urging its customers to trade in the defective units, saying one of its notebooks caught fire on May 24.
Toshiba was one of many PC vendors that recalled more than 8 million rechargeable lithium-ion batteries made by Sony Corp. A manufacturing defect left [...]
Amazon on Thursday announced its first-ever software developer’s kit for anyone who wants to create active content
January 21st, 2010
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Amazon.com on Thursday announced its first-ever software developer’s kit for anyone who wants to create active content for its popular Kindle e-readers.
The Kindle Development Kit (KDK) will be available in limited beta form next month and the new software and other content from the initiative is expected to be in the Kindle Store later this [...]
