Following yesterday’s announcement from Dell Canada concerning two recalls of Sony Lithium-Ion laptop batteries, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced more battery recalls, this time involving notebook computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba. Both companies used batteries manufactured by Sony that have recently been identified as subject to a concern for a fire and burn hazard. The new recalls affect approximately 32,000 HP notebooks including Pavillion and Compaq Presario models, and 3,000 Toshiba notebooks including Satellite and Tecra models. Continue on for the information supplied by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on behalf of the companies involved: [More]

It's Halloween on a Friday, which means its time to lock you away inside a haunted puzzle house. With your spirit-capturing camera and supernatiral experience can you solve the mysteries behind the horrors that have locked you in? Can you escape in time to go out trick or treating for the much-needed comfort candy you'll need after these scares? In Ghostscape you still need to click around, searching for hidden items to use in secret puzzles, but you can also capture the undead with a special camera and to help you accomplish your tasks you're also given a list of objects and goals you'll need to reach. Plus there's bonuses if you can find them. Ghostscape does feature frights and mature themes (yes, that's dried blood on the walls) so parent should exercise some caution. Good luck! Continue on to play. [More]

At the M&Ms Candy Lab you can upload your photo and have your face transferred onto an M&M's candy. From there you can have it programmed to speak some lines of sing a song like "I want candy". Once complete you can have it sent off to your friends or post it onto your profile or blog. [More]

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In response to updated information supplied to them by Sony relating to recent issues the company experienced with their VAIO TZ-series notebookes, Dell Canada both extending their previous 2006 battery recall program to include 15,000 additional affected laptops and is issuing another recall in regards to Sony Lithium-Ion batteries that were shipped as part of Latitude and Inspiron notebooks. As with Sony's earlier recall(s), the concern here is of a possible fire and burn hazard. Dell Canada estimates that, based on the model numbers involved, there are only 300 Dell notebook computers affected worldwide in the new recall. The battery packs in question were manufactured by Sony on Nov. 9, 2004 and April 11, 2005 and in addition to being shipped as part of new systems, might also have been offered as service replacements. Both the 2006 Dell battery recall and today's Dell battery recall are being covered by DellBatteryProgram.com. Customers can check to see if their battery packs have a matching model number and then can use the contact information provided to get a replacement, no charge. [More]

Imagine answering the door with one of these on your arm. Makes interacting with the trick or treaters a lot more fun. Bump In The Night Productions is a California-based company that crafts sculpted Halloween puppets designed for realistic movement. They offer killer klowns and man-eating puppets, evil babies and even a red dragon. Their alien baby puppet includes a sound chip for a haunting wail, although with puppets I think it works better when you do the voice yourself.

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