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BGR Caption Contest: Tesla Roadster vanity license plate

By: |Aug 15th, 2010 at 12:33PM
Filed Under: Cars
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I couldn’t pass up taking a photo of this Tesla Roadster’s license plate just now. Can you come up with a better one? (more…)

Nokia issues recall for 14 million chargers

By: |Nov 9th, 2009 at 08:36AM
Filed Under: General
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Today Nokia announced a world-wide recall of three chargers made by BYD, a third party supplier. The models in question are AC-3E and AC-3U manufactured between June 15th and August 9th, 2009 and AC-4U made between April 13th to October 25th, 2009. The reason for the recall is a defect which could cause the “plastic covers of the affected chargers [to] come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electric shock hazard if certain internal components are ...

Users find Apple’s iPhone and iPod shocking, literally

By: |May 20th, 2009 at 01:33PM
Filed Under: News
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No, seriously. Apple just put up a new support page in response to claims from many users regarding electrical shocks received from Apple’s iPhone and iPod earbuds. The shocks are described as “small and quick”, but clearly the issue is serious enough to warrant an official response from Apple. The aforementioned support page, found below on the read link, describes the situation as follows:When using headphones in areas where the air is very dry, it is easy to build up static electricity an...