Archive for August 14th, 2007

Nokia Recalls 46 Million Phone Batteries At Risk To Explode

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

On Tuesday Nokia issued a product advisory about BL-5c battery, manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. The reason is : "Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge." announced ...

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Linus Torvalds Explains Why Open Source Works

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Linus Torvalds, initiator of development of the Linux Kernel and who is often described as the open source champion, interested in licensing only insofar as it affects his ability to share code and improve software more quickly. When asked, which is more important, sharing code or empowering users - he responded ...

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