The Haus of Meg will pay 5,000 in order to settle a claim that it consciously flogged laptops with batteries that could overheat or catch fire. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission slapped the company on the wrist for not issuing a recall quickly enough. It claimed that HP knew about 22 incidents involving battery ‘splosions by September 2007 — including one instance of a user being hospitalized, but didn’t begin issuing a recall until ten months later. By May 2011, the company had recalled over 90,000 affected units that were prone to the odd bout of spontaneous combustion. If you’re concerned you’ve got a duff battery, check out our list here.

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By Andrew Liszewski

I’m not entirely sure why Mobile Mechatronics decided to name their iPhone tripod adapter the Blur, when that’s exactly what it’s designed to eliminate. It’s kind of like naming an anti-nausea medication Vomit, or a fire-extinguisher the Raging Inferno. But nevertheless, I like the idea. It basically gives the iPhone a standard tripod mount allowing it to be attached to everything from a monopod to a Steadicam in theory. (Though there’ll probably be balance issues.)

For just $14.99 you get the adapter which attaches to the bottom of the iPhone (presumably using the dock connector) a pocket-friendly though somewhat useless mini tripod and the Blur Tripod iPhone app which gives you a shutter timer, what sounds like an intervalometer and even a level. The app can also be purchased on its own for just $0.99.

[ Blur Tripod Adapter ] VIA [ Gear Diary ]

In honor of Chrome OS, here BusinessInsider has collected a nice selection of obscure old operating systems that basically died on the vine.

Take BeOS, for example. Be was one of the most amazing OSes I’d ever seen, especially in about 1995. Then there were real clinkers like Inferno and Arthur, OSes that tried valiantly to fill holes that weren’t there. Interestingly most of these still are in production somewhere, idling away waiting for the right time to become sentient and strike.

via Switched

We’re live at EA’s press conference here at E3 in Los Angeles…

• 4:42 PM: Devin Coldewey Yo. We’re Live at EA’s press conf. Still a while before it goes live. Looped animations, Clif bars and an asset drive full of stuff we’ve already seen. Get ready for some Mass Effect 2 footage though, we’ll get it up as fast as is humanly possible.
• 4:42 PM: Devin Coldewey
• 4:50 PM: ThePeterHa Devin, any power outlets in there?
• 4:50 PM: ThePeterHa ROFL
• 5:02 PM: Devin Coldewey Damn, this wifi is spotty as hell
• 5:04 PM: Devin Coldewey Lights are dimming. I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it!
• 5:05 PM: Devin Coldewey starting right off with a trailer. Looks like Dragon Age: Origins.
• 5:05 PM: ThePeterHa test
• 5:06 PM: Devin Coldewey Neeeever mind. Dante’s Inferno.
• 5:06 PM: ThePeterHa EA and Visceral want us to “Go to Hell”
• 5:07 PM: Devin Coldewey Can’t get any sense of gameplay. Cinematic trailer. John Riccitiello is talking about the people here, etc…
• 5:07 PM: ThePeterHa Didn’t Sims 3 get leaked the other week?
• 5:08 PM: Devin Coldewey John is EA’s CEO. Showing Sims 3 now, which of course leaked onto torrent sites last week
• 5:08 PM: ThePeterHa I think NA downloaded it
• 5:08 PM: ThePeterHa 12 games will be showcased today from EA.
• 5:09 PM: ThePeterHa “The Wii is a spectacular platform.”
• 5:09 PM: ThePeterHa Chip Lang from Hasbro is on stage
• 5:09 PM: ThePeterHa *from the Hasbro division
• 5:10 PM: ThePeterHa Littlest Pet Shop. Over 2 million girls played the previous title. Three new adventures are coming: Country, City, Beach.
• 5:10 PM: Devin Coldewey
• 5:10 PM: ThePeterHa Coming to the Wii and DS.
• 5:11 PM: ThePeterHa Devin, wake me up when this press conf gets exciting.
• 5:11 PM: Devin Coldewey Got a daughter? Want her to spend all her time with a pretend plush dog? This is the game for you.
• 5:11 PM: Devin Coldewey
• 5:12 PM: Devin Coldewey You too, reader, can make friends in Littlest Pet Shop Online. Fall 2009. twee!
• 5:12 PM: ThePeterHa Charm Girls Club
• 5:12 PM: ThePeterHa BFFs
• 5:13 PM: ThePeterHa Are we at the right press conference?
• 5:13 PM: ThePeterHa “EA Girl”
• 5:14 PM: Devin Coldewey Speed hair teasing! on the wii!
• 5:15 PM: ThePeterHa Is this Sweet Valley High?
• 5:15 PM: ThePeterHa LOL
• 5:15 PM: ThePeterHa Now onto Need for Speed Shift
• 5:15 PM: ThePeterHa 3 things to remember from this presentation
• 5:16 PM: ThePeterHa Cockpit view completely redefines the driving experience
• 5:16 PM: ThePeterHa New driver profile in Shift
• 5:16 PM: Devin Coldewey BFF games – Charm Girls Club being previewed so the girls they brought can clear out before the Dead Space expansion trailer.
• 5:16 PM: Devin Coldewey Are we at the EA press conference Peter, or Toys R Us
• 5:17 PM: ThePeterHa Video died and they’re restarting
• 5:18 PM: Devin Coldewey No matter what you stay in the race. Nobody loses!
• 5:19 PM: ThePeterHa Demo with an M3 from the cockpit view
• 5:19 PM: ThePeterHa Is this bumper cars or street racing?
• 5:20 PM: ThePeterHa The gentleman playing just crashed into a railing
• 5:20 PM: Devin Coldewey Nice framerate… looks good. Better than Prostreet anyhow.
• 5:20 PM: ThePeterHa Oh jeez. EA is giving away a BMW M3.
• 5:20 PM: ThePeterHa Now we’re onto Dragon Age Origins
• 5:21 PM: ThePeterHa Violence, lust, betrayal are what we can expect from DAO
• 5:21 PM: ThePeterHa New in-game footage coming up
• 5:23 PM: ThePeterHa Sex scenes
• 5:23 PM: ThePeterHa How naughty
• 5:23 PM: ThePeterHa We’ll have video coming up
• 5:23 PM: ThePeterHa October 20th launch date
• 5:23 PM: ThePeterHa Mass Effect 2 is coming up
• 5:24 PM: ThePeterHa Shepherd is a “kickass hero”
• 5:25 PM: ThePeterHa ME2 is coming early next year
• 5:25 PM: ThePeterHa New trailer is being shown now.
• 5:25 PM: ThePeterHa “chances of survival are slim.”
• 5:26 PM: ThePeterHa The soundtrack sounds pretty righteous
• 5:26 PM: ThePeterHa This looks like a cleaned up version of what was leaked at GDC
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa Now onto EA’s bread and butter
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa football, tennis, golf, basketball
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa and hockey
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa and boxing
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa and soccer
• 5:27 PM: ThePeterHa Peter Moore now on stage
• 5:28 PM: ThePeterHa applause
• 5:28 PM: ThePeterHa cheers
• 5:28 PM: ThePeterHa The most diverse product portfolio is coming up
• 5:28 PM: ThePeterHa To start things off is Fight Night Round 4
• 5:29 PM: ThePeterHa Visuals and gameplay have been updated
• 5:29 PM: ThePeterHa Demo on the Xbox 360 coming up
• 5:29 PM: ThePeterHa Moore says his dream fight would be Tyson vs Ali
• 5:29 PM: ThePeterHa 60fps as opposed to 30fps from FNR3
• 5:30 PM: ThePeterHa updated physics engine
• 5:30 PM: ThePeterHa Ali just knocked out Tyson
• 5:31 PM: ThePeterHa Reach and height make a big difference in FNR4 because of the new physics engine
• 5:31 PM: ThePeterHa everything is “dynamically driven”
• 5:31 PM: ThePeterHa “sweat, blood spray, muscle contractions”
• 5:31 PM: ThePeterHa demo over
• 5:32 PM: ThePeterHa FNR4 is coming a week earlyu
• 5:32 PM: ThePeterHa launching June 25
• 5:32 PM: ThePeterHa EA is coming to MMA
• 5:32 PM: ThePeterHa Coming in 2010. Well under development at Tiburon.
• 5:33 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:34 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:34 PM: ThePeterHa FIFA 09 Ultimate Team had 1.3 million downloads
• 5:34 PM: ThePeterHa Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online coming this fall
• 5:34 PM: ThePeterHa no disc needed
• 5:35 PM: ThePeterHa EA Sports World launched today to track stats
• 5:35 PM: ThePeterHa “Connected Features”
• 5:35 PM: ThePeterHa Lots of user generated content
• 5:35 PM: ThePeterHa All from your desktop
• 5:36 PM: ThePeterHa customize stadiums, uniforms, etc.
• 5:36 PM: ThePeterHa “Team Builder”
• 5:36 PM: ThePeterHa for NCAA Football 10
• 5:37 PM: ThePeterHa Get started now so you can have you custom team ready to go when the game launches next month
• 5:37 PM: ThePeterHa Madden 10 online franchise
• 5:37 PM: ThePeterHa iPhone App for Madden 10
• 5:38 PM: ThePeterHa And now onto the Wii
• 5:38 PM: ThePeterHa Active was launched two weeks ago
• 5:39 PM: ThePeterHa Moore is extremely proud of EA Sports Active.
• 5:41 PM: ThePeterHa Allison Sween or whatever her name from Biggest Loser is now on stage to talk about EA’s “new platform”
• 5:41 PM: ThePeterHa She’s now a size 4
• 5:41 PM: ThePeterHa She’s thanking EA Sports Active for that
• 5:42 PM: ThePeterHa Moore and Sweeney are chatting about nonsense now
• 5:42 PM: ThePeterHa EA moved 600k units of Active
• 5:42 PM: ThePeterHa This coming holiday is the first DLC for Active
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa 13 new exercises and activities
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa currently in development
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa Paddle boarding
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa squash
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:43 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:44 PM: ThePeterHa Grand Slam Tennis launches next week
• 5:44 PM: ThePeterHa I played GST a few weeks back
• 5:44 PM: ThePeterHa And it works great with WiiMotion Plus
• 5:44 PM: ThePeterHa You can slice your shots
• 5:44 PM: ThePeterHa Throw up a lob
• 5:45 PM: ThePeterHa Pete Sampras is walking on stage
• 5:45 PM: ThePeterHa Pete is standing behind Moore
• 5:45 PM: ThePeterHa Moore doesn’t know he’s there
• 5:45 PM: ThePeterHa And now Moore sees him
• 5:46 PM: ThePeterHa Sampras is now strapping in and playing against the GST producer
• 5:46 PM: ThePeterHa Wimbledon is in GST, which is a first
• 5:47 PM: ThePeterHa Moore asks Sampras how this compares to the real thing
• 5:47 PM: ThePeterHa Pete says, “it’s easier.”
• 5:48 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:48 PM: ThePeterHa Now onto The Saboteur
• 5:48 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:48 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:50 PM: ThePeterHa WWII game from Pandemic in case you don’t know what’s goin on
• 5:50 PM: ThePeterHa The particular demo we’re seeing takes place in Paris
• 5:51 PM: ThePeterHa There’s a vast world that Pandemic built for this game
• 5:51 PM: ThePeterHa It’s mostly black and white with spots of color
• 5:51 PM: ThePeterHa We’ll have video later tonight
• 5:52 PM: ThePeterHa The objective in this demo is to blow up a gas depot of some sort
• 5:52 PM: ThePeterHa there are various hiding spots, like the redlight district
• 5:53 PM: ThePeterHa Coming this holiday season
• 5:54 PM: ThePeterHa Tim Schafer from Double Fine productions is now on stage to talk about Brutal Legend
• 5:55 PM: ThePeterHa Tim’s talking about all the rock legends that he wanted to see in this game
• 5:56 PM: ThePeterHa Lenny Kilmister’s character is being shown
• 5:56 PM: ThePeterHa he’s a Killmaster
• 5:57 PM: ThePeterHa Ozzy is the “Guardian of Metal”
• 5:58 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:58 PM: ThePeterHa
• 5:59 PM: ThePeterHa *Lemmy Kilmister. may bad.
• 5:59 PM: ThePeterHa Lita Ford will also be in the game
• 5:59 PM: ThePeterHa Jack Black is the voice of Eddie Riggs
• 6:00 PM: ThePeterHa Brutal Legends comes out on October 13
• 6:02 PM: ThePeterHa Cevat Yerli from Crytek is now on stage
• 6:02 PM: ThePeterHa Crytek is working with EA on Crysis 2
• 6:02 PM: ThePeterHa Crysis 2 will be coming to the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3
• 6:03 PM: ThePeterHa All thanks to CryEngine 3
• 6:03 PM: ThePeterHa More details to come later this year
• 6:03 PM: ThePeterHa No demo or video of C2
• 6:04 PM: ThePeterHa EA has inked a new partnership with Realtime Worlds
• 6:04 PM: ThePeterHa All Points Bulletin is the new title
• 6:04 PM: ThePeterHa “online city full of life, streets full of vehicles, thousands of pedestrians”
• 6:05 PM: ThePeterHa Customizable characters
• 6:05 PM: ThePeterHa This is an MMO
• 6:05 PM: ThePeterHa
• 6:05 PM: ThePeterHa
• 6:06 PM: ThePeterHa
• 6:06 PM: ThePeterHa
• 6:07 PM: ThePeterHa Trailer for APB being shown
• 6:07 PM: ThePeterHa We’ll upload this video as well soon
• 6:07 PM: ThePeterHa Star Wars!!!
• 6:07 PM: ThePeterHa WHoa
• 6:07 PM: ThePeterHa Lots of Jedis on stage
• 6:08 PM: ThePeterHa With varying lightsabers
• 6:08 PM: ThePeterHa Two jedis are walking down the aisle to the stage
• 6:08 PM: ThePeterHa Bioware and Lucas are showing off Star Wars The Old Republic
• 6:09 PM: ThePeterHa PC MMO
• 6:10 PM: ThePeterHa TOR will be the first fully voiced MMO
• 6:10 PM: ThePeterHa Thousands of lines of dialogue
• 6:11 PM: ThePeterHa The first cinematic trailer is now being shown
• 6:12 PM: ThePeterHa There’s a lady boba fett
• 6:12 PM: ThePeterHa bounty hunter, i mean
• 6:14 PM: ThePeterHa Wow
• 6:14 PM: ThePeterHa The Jedis just got pwned
• 6:15 PM: ThePeterHa And that’s a wrap
• 6:16 PM: ThePeterHa We’ll be back in two hours from the Ubi press conf
• 6:16 PM: ThePeterHa Devin and I will be uploading video in the meantime