Note 7s back on sale on Saturday
October 1
Samsung will put its Galaxy Note 7 back on the market next week after pulling millions off them after discovering faulty batteries were causing some to melt.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost $1 billion
2.5 million phones being returned
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall sounds like one of the biggest in the last few years and it looks like the company has to recover as many as 2.5 million phones from its customers. This is likely to cost Samsung close to a billion dollars and it will eat up any potential profits it was making from these phones.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7s really do catch fire
Company stops selling and gears up for a recall
The Tame Apple Press has been delivered an early Christmas present as its rival Samsung stops selling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports some of their batteries exploded while being charged.
Galaxy Note 7 explodes
Tame Apple Press celebrates
There is nothing the Tame Apple Press loves more than when one of their favourite company’s rivals products catch fire. In this case a bloke in China’s Galaxy Note 7, caught fire and exploded and the way the story has been reported you would think there was something wrong with the product.
Nvidia’s Division drivers could cook your rig
New drivers are a cow
Reports are coming in that Nvidia’s Division graphics drivers are so buggy that they have been known to catch GPUs on fire.
Amazon brings back encryption on Fire
All part of Apple's PR wars
After firing encryption from its Fire Tablets, the online bookseller, Amazon has bought it back after customers complained.
Foxconn primary iPhone manufacturing plant goes up in flames
Fire is contained for now
Last night at Foxconn’s main manufacturing plant in Zhengzhou, east-central China, a large fire broke out spanning several floors of the building and prompting an emergency evacuation procedure.
Qualcomm denies Snapdragon 820 breathes fire
Executives firefight a hot-topic
Four Qualcomm VPs and execs absolutely denied that its new Snapdragon 820 was suffering from any thermal issues.
Amazon's US $49.99 Fire tablet launched
7-inch tablet with quad-core 1.3GHz SoC
In addition to the two new Fire HD tablets, Amazon has unveiled its newest budget tablet, the 7-inch Amazon Fire.
Qualcomm wants Snapdragons in drones
Firebreathing flying snapdragons
Chipmaker Qualcomm has created a board designed for consumer drones and robotics applications.