HP has announced the recall of 70,000 lithium ion notebook batteries. Is your model on this list?
According to yesterday’s release from the Consumer Product Safety Commision, the recall was driven by “two reports of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire”
Check out our world famous video of what happens when a laptop catches fire.
‘Flames & Fire’ Prompt New HP & Compaq Battery Recall Read More »
Each month we select the best of the tips submitted by members of the PC Pitstop community.
Check out this month’s winners:
PC Pitstop – Tips of the Month (May 2009) Read More »
PC Pitstop Newsletter – May 2009 Read More »
By Harry McCracken
Sixteen questions (and answers!) on the new, almost-finished version of Microsoft’s next OS.
Windows 7 is here–sort of. Yes, Microsoft still isn’t talking about when it’ll ship the final version–all evidence suggests it’ll be sometime this Fall–but the company is unleashing the Windows 7 Release Candidate today. It’s a free, all-but-final version of the operating system, and it’ll work until March 1st, 2010 before Microsoft forces you to uninstall it or overwrite it with a paid-for copy of the final edition. In short, if you’re itching to give Windows 7 a try, you can.
Technologizer: Windows 7 RC – FAQs Read More »
PC Pitstop April 2009 Newsletter Read More »
Syndicated Tech Columnists Bob & Joy Schwabach recently documented their visit to our humble site. Their ‘On Computers’ column is one of the largest circulation computer columns in the world and appears each week in 8 publications.
Optimize & OverDrive ‘On Computers’ Read More »
Congratulations to the lucky winners of the First Annual PC Pitstop March Madness Contest
First Place: Matthew R, Nevada ($500)
Second Place: Larry A, Kansas ($250)
Third Place: Jeff H, Washington ($100)
March Madness Winners Read More »
PC Pitstop Newsletter – April 2009 Read More »
The Pit Crew has buckled to overwhelming peer pressure and joined the 175 million users on Facebook.
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Let’s say that you have a PC, but you don’t have a monitor, keyboard or mouse plugged into it. However, you do have a notebook computer sitting there with Windows on it, as well. You could use that notebook to run the PC with a KVM switch!
Chris Pirillo Video – What Do You Use for a KVM Switch? Read More »