By Chris Williams for The
Register.
This article has been reproduced with permission.
The firm says the 679,000 R707 units it has sold worldwide are
dangerous when used with non-rechargeable batteries. Connecting the
camera to the mains while the batteries are inserted can cause them
to overheat due to some dodgy firmware.
For more savvy users, a non-incendiary version of the firmware
can be downloaded from HP's recall webpage here.
In other news, HP has acquired Swiss digital photo kiosk company
Silverwire for an undisclosed sum. The firm operates 23,000 kiosks
in 30 countries. HP's Vyomesh Joshi said: "We expect that this
acquisition will allow HP to compete more vigorously in the retail
photo printing market and position us to become a leading provider
of digital integration services worldwide."
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2006
