Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. NTT DoCoMo, ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its first-ever recall of a cell phone battery on Friday, sparking new concern about the safety of a gadget in the hands, pockets and purses of 155 ...

Kyocera Wireless on Thursday expanded from 40,000 to 1 million the number of possibly counterfeit cell phone batteries it began recalling in May, blaming the mushrooming impact on an allegedly ...

So we've all heard stories of certain mobile phone batteries exploding, and to no surprise, it has raised some alarm. Some of the recent incidents have occurred in airplanes while in flight. And while ...

Kyocera Wireless has issued a recall of cell phone batteries used in one of its smart phones after discovering the batteries can explode, the company said Friday in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer ...

(SAN DIEGO, November 3rd, 2004) -- Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, today announced a voluntary and precautionary recall of potentially ...

What to do with batteries and electronics when they fail is fueling one of the biggest problems in the waste management industry. Lithium-ion batteries power more and more of our electronics and they ...

WASHINGTON -- Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (WPVI) -- A man is suspected of stealing more than 4,000 cell phone tower batteries from across four states since September. Police say their suspect stole them from more than 500 ...

As if their job isn’t hard enough. Waste management workers are now doubling as first responders — as “zombie” cellphone batteries, buried in heaps of trash, risk bursting into flames at any given ...

Verizon Wireless has recalled 50,000 cell phone batteries, some of which may be counterfeit, after reports suggesting that they may cause minor fires and injuries. The TM-510 batteries, which carry ...