<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/ibook-in-flames-film-at-11-177941.ph p> http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/ibook-in-flames-film-at-11-177941.php
iBook in Flames, Film at 11 READ MORE: Apple <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/> , Fire <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/fire/> , Laptops <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/> , Recall <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/recall/> , TV Hype <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/tv-hype/> , iBook <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ibook/> iBookFire.jpg <http://gizmodo.com/images/2006/06/iBookFire.jpg> There was a little problem with an Apple iBook in Minnesota, where an 11-year-old boy was playing with the laptop as it sat on a carpet. After he left the room for a few minutes, his family heard a popping noise, and noticed the carpet melting underneath the overheating iBook. After the kid's mom promptly took it outside, the thing burst into flames right there on the patio. The battery inside the errant iBook is not one of the ones on Apple's recall list, either. Adding no solace to this sordid tale is the fact that there have been 44 incidents of burning laptops over the past couple of years. And they're not just Apple laptops. Melting carpets and burning notebooks on a patio are one thing, but we would recommend not falling asleep with a running MacBook Pro on your lap. Perhaps the word "laptop" is a misnomer. That said, check out the sensationalized video hype from this ratings-desperate local TV station, a shameless attempt to grab viewers by scaring them. - Charlie White Laptop Fires Prompt <http://wcco.com/consumer/local_story_148150249.html> Battery Recalls [WCCO.com, via The Unofficial <http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/01/ibook-battery-catches-fire/> Apple Weblo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a stand. Make a choice. Join the Citizen Philanthropists at DonorsChoose! http://us.click.yahoo.com/qGwc0C/pPaOAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
