Memo Pad: Batteries Included in New Travel Restrictions
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BATTERY RESTRICTIONS Beginning Tuesday, airline passengers cannot pack any loose lithium batteries in checked bags, though the batteries are permitted if contained within laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices, according to a new rule by the Transportation Department. The department said that loose lithium batteries can short-circuit and create a fire hazard in cargo holds. The new rule also limits to two the number of large-size spare lithium batteries that may be brought on in carry-on bags, but a department spokeswoman says that restriction applies mostly to professional and industrial-use batteries and does not affect most lithium batteries used in consumer electronics like laptops and cellphones.
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Main problem of battery vehicles potentially fixed The rules of the game for electrically-powered vehicles may be about to change, as new battery technology approaches road service.â¦
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Air travelers should not expect authorities to ease restrictions on gels and liquids in carry-on luggage until sometime next year when new technology may give screeners the ability to more easily spot potential explosives in bags, according to federal security officials who are nearing the one-ye...
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To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 4--TOKYO -- Japan's battery makers plan to set uniform safety  standards for lithium-ion batteries used in laptop computers, following a  large-scale recall those made by Sony Corp., the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported  Monday.
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Another laptop goes foom Toshiba Japan today expanded its notebook-battery recall programme, adding half-a-dozen more models to the list of laptops it wants owners to use only on mains power until new batteries can be sent out to them.â¦
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The day may be coming when PCs, cell phones and many other devices will be run without a battery or electrical cord.
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Apple announced a recall of some 28,000 lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used in the 15-inch model of its PowerBook G4 laptops. The computer maker said the batteries could overheat, creating a fire hazard. They will be replaced at no ...
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New lead-acid batteries could achieve high performance.
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Even machines not affected by battery recalls Korean Air has become the latest airline to effectively ground notebooks from Apple and Dell. The carrier has banned travellers from bringing those companies' portable computers into aircraft cabins unless the laptops' batteries have been removed first.â¦
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Sun block. Beach umbrella. Laptop. One in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, an AP-Ipsos poll released Friday said. Along with the 80 percent who said they brought along their cell phones, the survey shows going on vacation no longer means being out of the electronic loop.
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Privacy advocates say that new passports that carry information about the traveler in a computer chip will be vulnerable to electronic snooping.
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Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) and  IBM  are recalling more than half a million notebook  computer batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T) after a computer  caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport, Lenovo  and U.S. safety officials said on Thursday.
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Lenovo is recalling approximately 205,000 lithium-ion batteries used worldwide in ThinkPad laptops, however this time Sony isn't the culprit. The batteries in this recall were produced by Sanyo.
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has issued a warning related to potential problems with the batteries in some 28,000 of its 15-inch PowerBook G4 laptop computers, telling customers that the batteries may pose a fire hazard due to overheating.
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A delayed battery technology may indeed be on the way.
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Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK and   International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N are recalling   about 526,000 Sony Corp. 6758.T batteries made for ThinkPad   notebook PCs after a computer caught fire at Los Angeles   International Airport, Lenovo and U.S. safety officials said on   Thursday.