Over at the Toms Hardware Forum a member is claiming that someones Dell laptop in his office burst into flames and had to be put out with a Fire Extinguisher. The pictures that accompany the post are pretty convincing. The user writes..

"As I sit here typing I’m reminded of what happened at roughly 4 p.m. Central Standard time at my office (about an hour ago); especially since my hands still smell like ‘fire extinguisher’. While specifying instrumentation tag names on a flow drawing my attention is turned towards the haze building up on the other side of the engineering area. I started hearing some distant prattle about “fire”, “hmmm… what could this possibly be?” I think to myself. Upon further investigation I’ve come to the conclusion that someone’s Dell laptop just freakin blew up and started a cozy little desktop fire!!!

Since I’m not in the mood for S’mores… "Oh, this is priceless" I think to myself; as I turn straight back to my desk where, from within my back-pack, I whip out my 7.2MP digital camera.

One of our IT guys put out the flames (yes, I said flames) and thusly covered the entire area with fire extinguisher ‘material’. The battery burned its way straight through the laptop creating the beautiful hole with which is so beautifully depicted in the picture. The fire department showed up. The police department showed up. The entire lower floor was allowed to leave early and as we stood there in front of the building we simply couldn’t resist… we jokingly called the engineer a terrorist as he was being asked a few questions by the friendly officer."

It looks like we might witness the first ever mass Laptop recall in the upcoming weeks.

A few months back we posted an article about Dell’s new multimedia Goliath, the XPS M2010. Featuring a 20.1 inch screen, an Intel Dual Core processor, up to 4 GB RAM and up 240GB storage on dual hard drives this portable media center enables you to take your desktop anywhere. Below is a video demonstration of the M2010. Via Fosfor
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The stylish new iriver E10 is available in South Korea and not only allows you to listen to music or watch video but it doubles as a television remote.  Hopefully this one makes it over to the States.  A review of the Iriver E10 can be found over at everythingusb.  Here are the specs….

* Memory: 6GB hard drive
* Size: 45mm×96mm×14mm
* MP3/OGG player
* TV remote control with infra-red port
* Supports Macromedia Flash Lite 2 and MPEG-4 video playback
* FM tuner
* Voice recorder
* 1.5″ TFT display
* Flash games : Mine Sweeper, Slide Puzzle and Tracking
* Claims 32 hours playing time
* Uses Li polymer batteries.

Ever want your own personal mech? The Land Walker, a Wearable Robot Suit developed by Masaaki Nagumo stands more than 10 feet tall and is able to walk forward, backward, and sideways. The giant mech is controlled by four petals inside the cockpit. Instead of railguns and missles the Landwalker features two airguns that shoot spung bullets at your enemy. You can own one for $313,985, a bit pricey indeed, however showing up to your neighbors barbecue in a 10 foot robot is priceless. Check out the video below. via zipped
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You would think a gadget like this would be released around Valentines day, but i guess the people over in Verizon’s marketing department just don’t have a clue. Never-the-less the new LG 8500 Chocolate Phone (no its not really made out of chocolate, and yes people have asked that) is one sexy looking gadget. Featuring a built in MP3 player, a touch button interface, a 1.3 megapixel camera and bluetooth support the LG 8500 retails for $249 with a one year contract. The phone is a bit more pricey than a candy bar, but at least it wont melt.