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Blind People Say Quiet Hybrid Cars Pose Safety Risk

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:15:11 +0000

Gas-electric hybrid vehicles, the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn't drive: the blind. Because hybrids make virtually no noise at slower speeds when they run solely... Read more...

Toshiba laptop batteries pose fire hazard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:58:01 +0000

Toshiba has recalled more defective laptop batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said last week, the latest move in a long-running problem with lithium-ion batteries made by Sony. According to a warning from... Read more...

WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:30:30 +0000

Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. U.S. cities and companies are eyeing an emerging technology known as WiMax as a way to make high-speed wireless... Read more...

iPods pose security risk for enterprises, Gartner says

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:25:38 +0000

As popular as the iPod is, it's also a security problem. The latest generation iPod can store up to 40Gb. What makes a 40Gb iPod a security risk? You can use that... Read more...

Report: Mobile Phones Pose No Health Risks

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:06:59 +0000

Mobile phones appear to be safe and do not cause cancer, British scientists said Wednesday, but they called for more research into long-term potential health risks. An independent advisory group of scientists at Britain's National... Read more...

Scripting flaws pose severe risk for IE users

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:39:28 +0000

A set of five unpatched scripting vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer creates a mechanism for hackers to compromise targeted PCs. The vulnerabilities, unearthed by Chinese security researcher Liu Die Yu, enable malicious Web sites and viruses... Read more...

Graphics for PCI Express to pose real cooling problems

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:45:15 +0000

THREE LUMINARIES from ATI, Nvidia and Intel will today underline the benefits they believe PCI Express will bestow on graphics performance.Jeffrey Cheng from ATI, Michael Abel from INTC and David Reed from Nvidia all agree... Read more...

PDAs pose potential privacy problems

Darren Bolton — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:58:32 +0000

Business users download sensitive data, but ignore security Companies are risking legal action by failing to protect data held on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones, according to a survey. ... Read more...

Microsoft's borrowed code may pose risk with zlib compression library

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:01:46 +0000

A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code. As reported earlier this week, a flaw in... Read more...