Security

Canon warns of overheating cameras.

Canon issued a safety advisory today for its PowerShot A530 and A540 digicams. Seems the area around the battery covers tends to overheat in certain situations. No reports of explosions, but you can get a bad boo-boo on your finger, and battery life will stink. The problem is a slightly misaligned spring for the battery door, which can cause a short circuit when the cover is closed.

Graphics partners try to keep the faith as AMD pulls the rug on CeBIT.

Reports from Taiwan"s graphics card manufacturing industry are revealing that AMD"s recently announced delay of its upcoming flagship graphics processing unit (GPU), the R600, was not just a shock and disappointment to fans of the former-ATI, who have been waiting for graphics cards based on the new chip, but also to AMD"s partners, who were set to introduce products based on the chip at CeBIT in March. AMD and its partners were arranging to launch R600-based products at CeBIT, according to industry sources, and live demos were being planned by individual partners.

EA preps in-flight video games.

Redwood City (CA) - Electronic Arts, together with in-flight entertainment company DTI Software, today announced a plan to provide multiple airline companies with in-flight versions of their software, largely headlined by The Sims 2. Software from EA"s Pogo.com will make up the rest of the initial list of available games.

Asustek, MSI And Synnex To Enter Nettop War In August.

In addition to Asustek ComputerтЂ™s Eee Box and Micro-Star InternationalтЂ™s (MSIтЂ™s) Wind PC, Synnex is also ready to ship its Lemel Q to heat up the nettop market in August, according to channel sources. AsustekтЂ™s Eee Box will launch on July 30 in Taiwan.

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