More Exploding Cellphones In The News

adityapandey writes “It’s happened again. Yahoo News has another story on exploding cellphones. Most of these mishaps are blamed on counterfeit batteries and chargers. Recently, Kyocera recalled about 40,000 cellphones for free replacement, because of batteries overheating and venting superheated gases. Yet, cellphone makers claim that such incidents are too rare to care about. Shouldn’t cellphone companies be making people aware of the hazards of usage?”

Originally posted by timothy from Slashdot

The VHS is Dead

Ronnie Coote writes “The UK’s largest retailer of electronics is phasing out VHS VCRs. Sales of DVD players have outstripped VCRs by 40-to-1 recently. So how long until the mass market will be saying goodbye to the DVD player?” A few historical links to commemorate the occasion: Sony Kills Betamax, Why VHS Was Better, and How to Preserve VHS Recordings. For the future, maybe we’ll have Digital VHS, but I suspect it will mostly be hard drive-based recorders.

Originally posted by michael from Slashdot

Default Password List and Google Hack

Thanks to PHENOELIT “The Land of Packets” there is a central repository of all the default passwords used by the manufacturers of hardware and software called the Default Password List and it’s located HERE. This list is regularly updated. Disclamer!!!…

Originally posted by lmacinnes from LiamM.com “IT’S NOT 1337”