Dell Laptop Explodes in ConferenceJune 21st, 2006 A Dell laptop sudenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident, at a Japanese conference. "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes"
via The Inquirer
I suspect it is the battery.
10 Must Have Laptop AccessoriesApril 7th, 2009 We have talked about desktop peripherals yesterday. Now while using my HP pavilion Tx, we thought then why not something for the laptop too? There are hundreds of accessories available in the market that can help you geekify and fashionify your laptops by many folds.
US Department of Transportation Loses 133, 000 Social Security & Address Records of Florida ResidentsAugust 10th, 2006 The US Department of Transportation has announced that a Dell laptop computer containing names, addresses and social security numbers of 133,000 Florida residents was stolen two weeks ago. The information on the missing laptop included people in Miami-Dade County who hold commercial drivers licenses, Florida residents who have pilot's licenses and people who got their Florida drivers licenses from a facility in Largo, Fla.
Dell Computers Chooses AMD ProcessorsMay 19th, 2006 Dell Computers (DELL) announced that it will start using AMD's processors, breaking its long-standing, single-source relationship with Intel (INTC) and giving AMD yet another victory over Intel. AMD shares surged 12% to $35.10 in late trading, while Intel shares dropped 5% to $17.80.
Dell shows off smart phone 'prototype' at China Mobile event in BeijingAugust 17th, 2009 Dell developing smart phone for China MobileROUND ROCK, Texas — PC maker Dell Inc. is working on a smart phone for China Mobile Ltd., China's biggest cell phone carrier.
Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 bnSeptember 21st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Computer maker Dell is to buy technology services company Perot Systems for $3.9 billion in a bid to gain a foothold in the lucrative sector of information technology consulting, the company announced Monday. The bid price of $30 a share represented a 68-percent premium on the share price of the company founded in 1988 by former independent presidential candidate Ross Perot.
I Hate Origami - Futuristic Laptop From Microsoft [Rant Ahead]March 10th, 2006 I have heard and seen enough of Origami, the futuristic laptop from Microsoft. I went through the apparently secret video of product advertisement, I have seen numerous pictures of origami and I have decided.
$100 Linux Laptop To Debut With 500 Thai Children (1 Million in Thailand Only by 2007)August 18th, 2006 The ambitious One Laptop Per Child program, which began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, to provide low-cost laptop computers to poor children around the world is about to take a big step forward. More than 500 children in Thailand are expected to receive the machines in October and November for quality testing and debugging.
Dell is working on a smart phone for AT&T that runs Google's Android system, report saysOctober 7th, 2009 Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&TSEATTLE — Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.
Dell XPS M1710 Laptop Rocks Mobile Gaming WorldApril 19th, 2006 It is arguably the fastest mobile gaming machine with Intel dual core processor and nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Specifications:
Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo T2600
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
RAM: 2048 MB
Hard Drive Capacity: 100 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 7900GTX
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+R DL
Wireless: 802.11a/g
Screen Size: 17 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
System Weight: 8.8 lbs
Price: 2558-2902-3474 (base configurations) from Dell Direct
XPS M1710 is equipped with six grills, lacing the laptop's edges, that light up in a myriad of user-definable colors.
Austria Figures Electronic Vote Counting Machines Were Fingered by Cosmic RaysJanuary 8th, 2007 An electronic vote-counting machine in Schaerbeek, a suburb of Brussels, declared that 4096 more people had cast their vote than the ballot slips testified. The machine had been thoroughly tested and deemed perfect.
Samsung Laptop Replaces Hard Disk with Flash MemoryMay 24th, 2006 Samsung Electronics said that it will launch a laptop computer and a "ultra-computing device," in early June. In these devices the hard drives will be replaced with 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory.
Dell sheds NC desktop manufacturing plant despite groundbreaking incentive offersOctober 7th, 2009 Changing focus leads Dell to close NC plantRALEIGH, N.C. — A massive Dell Inc.
Web 2.0 Enabled $100 Laptop Will Reach Children in FebruaryJanuary 5th, 2007 The first batch of computers built for the One Laptop Per Child project could reach users by July this year. However test XO machines are expected to reach children in February before the formal launch.
Top 5 Regrets After Migrating From Windows To LinuxJuly 30th, 2007 It has been several months that I fully migrated to Linux. The whole company has moved 100% to Linux, all servers, desktop ...
This is the third reported case of Dell Laptops exploding in flames, this time in Singapore. 
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