Apple Warns of Battery Overheating Risk with First Generation iPod Nanos

Cupertino tells users to stop using the products and send them into Apple for a free replacement.
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Apple Updates iPods With Cheaper iPod Touch and Nano

The company makes only modest changes to its music player line, adding iOS 5, a white iPod touch model and new features for the nano. The iPod Classic and Shuffle remain in the product line, but get no update.
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Flash Madness Part 3: Pure Storage Comes Out of Stealth

The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
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Kickstarter Fesses Up: The Crowdsourced Funding Start-Up Has Funding, Too

About $10 million in funding, it turns out. From some pretty high-profile folks, too: Union Square Ventures, Betaworks and lots of angels you’ve heard of. For some reason, the company hasn’t talked about them before. But that’s over now, courtesy of a Wired profile.

Apple Music: The Good, The Bad and the So So

Apple is attempting to boost its digital-music arsenal by bringing social networking to iTunes and by redesigning three iPods. The results are mixed, writes Katie.

New iPods: Touch Gets FaceTime, Nano Gets Multitouch, Shuffle Gets Click Wheel

Apple’s refreshed lineup of iPods, introduced by Steve Jobs today, looks pretty much as anticipated–snazzed-up revisions of the touch, nano and shuffle.
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Apple Unveils New iPods, iTunes Social Network, Video Rentals

Steve Jobs held court this morning at Apple’s traditional September music event, unveiling goodies like a refreshed lineup of iPods; Ping, a new social network built into iTunes 10; and an updated Apple TV, with support for TV and movie rentals. Also announced was iOS 4.1, with a multiplayer Game Center, High Dynamic Range photos and HD video uploads over Wi-Fi.

Wheels Coming Off iPod Nanos?

More grist for the rumor mill frantically churning in advance of Apple’s Sept. 1 special event. Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu issued a note this morning speculating that Apple plans to uncrate a “significant redesign” of the iPod nano, one that does away entirely with the click wheel.

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You're Charging It Wrong

After 27 overheating incidents, six fires and four customers with minor burns, Apple Japan has offered replacements for first-generation iPod nano mp3 players that overheat while charging. The Japanese government has been highly critical of the company for its delay in confirming and reporting these and 34 other “non-serious” cases of overheating. Apple reports that the defect can be traced to a specific battery supplier.

A Windows to Help You Forget

Walter S. Mossberg calls Windows 7 a boost to productivity and a pleasure to use — Microsoft’s best operating system yet.

Apple Cuts iPod Prices Ahead of Event

One–Make That Two–Words: Plastic Logic