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Electronics maker LG, in conjunction with th Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall for 30,000 LG 830 Spyder mobile phones due to poor voice quality on calls to 911 emergency services and difficulties maintaining phone connections. The recalled phones have software versions T83LGV03 and T83LGV04; users can check the software version on their phone by selecting “Phone Information” from the handset's Settings… Read More

Computer maker Dell has agreed to pay some $3.35 million to settle 34 states' allegations that the company's warranty, financing, and rebate offers were deceptive and misled consumers. The agreement has Dell paying $1.5 million into a restitution account; impacted consumers will be able to submit claims for compensation. The other $1.85 million will go towards the states' legal costs. “More than the money, this… Read More

Motorola might have rolled out the MOTOKRZR way back in mid-2006 when it was trying to capitalize on the starting-to-wane popularity of its RAZR phones. But Boost Mobile thinks now is the “perfect time” to add the flip phone to its lineup—specifically, its Unlimited by Boost offering available at wireless retailers as well as locations like Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, and Sprint retail stores (Boost is a wholly-owned subsidiary… Read More

Don’t expect it to balance a budget on time, but the New York State government can achieve things in record time if children and videogames and involved. That’s what happened Tuesday, according to an article on gamepolitics.com, which reports that a new bill aiming to crack down on children’s exposure to violent video games has passed the New York State Senate after just four days. Rep. Andrew Lanza from Staten… Read More

Following immediately on its settlements with Texas and California, music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay some $4.25 million as part of settlement agreements with 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia regarding copy protection software included on some of the labels music CDs which caused computers to malfunction and exposed users to security threats. The terms of the agreement are similar to earlier settlements with Texas and… Read More

Akamai Technologies, Inc. and eTouch systems are providing extra bandwidth for the space agency's Deep Impact spacecraft mission, which is set to launch a projectile into the surface of comet Tempel 1 during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. NASA will be Webcasting live a pre-impact briefing at 1 p.m. EDT on July 1 and a pre-impact update at 1 p.m. EDT on July 3. The expected time of impact is 1:52 a.m. EDT July 4. A post-impact… Read More

“America Online, which earlier this year stopped signing up new broadband customers, is telling existing broadband subscribers in nine Southern states that they must find a new broadband carrier by Jan. 17. Bentley said she expects AOL will phase out existing broadband customers in the rest of the country in a similar manner over the next year.” The affected states are Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana,… Read More

Ebbers' arrival at the offices of the FBI in New York followed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's announcement on Tuesday of criminal charges against him for fraud, conspiracy and making false statements in connection with WorldCom's collapse. Ebbers, who built WorldCom from a Mississippi upstart into the nation's No. 2 long-distance phone company before it collapsed in 2002 amid an $11 billion accounting scandal,… Read More