(Reuters) - Compaq Computer Corp. is recalling 1.4 million power adapters used with some of its laptop computers, U.S. federal safety regulators said on Thursday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Compaq agreed to the recall after receiving five reports that the AC power adapters caught fire. No injuries were reported. The recall involves AC adapters used with some of its Armada, Prosignia and Notebook models, and were sold individually as well. The adapters were sold between September 1998 and July 2001.The recalled adapters display the model numbers ``PPP003SD,'' ''PPP003'' or ``PP2012'' on the adaptor label, directly under the words ``Compaq Computer Corporation.'' Consumers should stop using the adapters immediately and contact Compaq for a free replacement at (888) 302-7689, or go to the firm's Website.
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(AP) - In an attempt to steal business from market-leaders Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard, IBM on Thursday launched a line of high-end servers that use technology developed by its mainframe computer team. The IBM eServer p690, code-named Regatta, promises better performance and reliability at half the cost of competing machines, the company said. Prices start at $450,000.
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(Press Release) ATI Technologies Inc. announced that Sony Corporation has selected ATI's MOBILITY RADEON graphics processor for its VAIO PCG-GR9/K notebook personal computer for the Japanese market. Sony's VAIO PCG-GR9/K is among the world's first notebook PCs to include ATI's MOBILITY RADEON chip.
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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. and major computer companies on Thursday announced a passel of new handheld computers in a marketing blitz aimed chiefly at business users and establishing the operating system as the dominant platform for portable computing. Compaq Computer Corp., Casio Computer Co. Ltd. , Toshiba Corp. , and others unveiled new devices designed to run on Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 operating system. The new handheld computers join models from Hewlett-Packard Co. announced last month. Retail prices for devices running Pocket PC 2002, an update to software released 18 months ago, range from $499 for Compaq's iPaq H3670 to $649 for the iPaq H3870 and the Hewlett-Packard Jornada 568. In total, Microsoft said 22 hardware vendors had signed on to support Pocket PC 2002, which the company is touting for both its business functions and its multimedia applications, including a streaming audio and video player.
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