Consumers in the UK, Holland and Sweden have reported similar problems, prompting an earlier EU investigation.

Apple said it was aware of the reports and was waiting to receive the handsets from the affected customers.

The firm has been accused of trying to hush-up cases of iPhones and iPods heating up or bursting into flames in the US and the UK.

Ken Stanborough and his daughter, from Liverpool, have accused the firm of trying to silence them with a gagging order after the child’s iPod exploded and the family sought a refund.

Apple reportedly offered to pay the money to Mr Stanborough, but only if he kept the terms of the settlement confidential.

It has been reported that the device’s lithium ion batteries could be the source of the problem.

People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino-based electronics maker had been teetering between Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 for weeks, but most recently indicated to its industry-related partners that the latter of the two dates would be more feasible.

Apple, as it has f

or the past four years, is expected to use the gathering to introduce new versions of its iPod nano and iPod touch digital music pl

ayers, both of which should serve as dual-purpose point-and-shoot cameras for the first time. AppleInsider also has it on authority that cameras are just one piece to this year’s iPod story.

Also likely is an introduction of iT

unes 9, which has widely been rumored in recent weeks to make its debut with a handful of social networking features — a first of sorts for Apple. Unexpected is anything having to do with the much anticipated Newton Web tablet, which isn’t expected to surface in any form until the first calendar quarter of 2010.

While it’s unclear at which venue Apple will hold the event, San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center would seem a likely candidate if past years (1,2

, 3, 4) are of any indication. The Moscone West is also another potential candidate site. Analysts and mem

bers of the media should start receiving invitations will full details roughly one week prior.

Word that Apple cordoned off Sept. 9 for its annual fall event was first published earlier this month by John Paczkowski on the D | All Things Digital blog.

]]> http://www.istanbulr.com/?feed=rss2&p=9 3 http://www.istanbulr.com/?p=7 http://www.istanbulr.com/?p=7#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:52:51 +0000 admin http://www.istanbulr.com/?p=7 The line would serve Birmingham and Manchester, getting passengers from Glasgow to London in just two hours and 16 minutes, the rail firm said.

It rejected several alternative routes, including the east of England.

The government said assessments of the costs and environmental issues involved needed to be carried out before it could approve any plans.

It is currently conducting its own rail network review and said it hoped to be in a position to make a decision next year.

If given the go-ahead, Network Rail said it would take up to five years to decide on the exact route and complete the planning stages.

It wants the first section of the line between London and Birmingham to be completed by 2020.

The line would become the country’s second high-speed rail link after the line that runs from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, run by the Eurostar service and connecting to high-speed lines in continental Europe.

New line

Network Rail’s proposed new line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh with London, on which trains could travel as fast as 200mph, would also serve Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Birmingham.

A spokesman for one of Manchester’s biggest employers, Kellog’s cereals, said: “This is great news for business in Manchester, just as London is going to be more accessible for us, Manchester will be for those in the South East.”

Mr Obama described Sen Kennedy as an extraordinary leader and “one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy”.

Lawmakers from both main parties praised a man who but for a scandal in 1969 might have become president.

A Democratic senator since 1962, the liberal stalwart championed issues such as education and health-care reform.

He died late on Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, his family said in a statement. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.

US media reports say he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, where his brothers President John F Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy are also buried.

‘Passion and vigour’

In a televised tribute, Barack Obama called Edward Kennedy a colleague, a counsellor and a friend.

Mr Obama described Sen Kennedy as an extraordinary leader and “one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy”.

Lawmakers from both main parties praised a man who but for a scandal in 1969 might have become president.

A Democratic senator since 1962, the liberal stalwart championed issues such as education and health-care reform.

He died late on Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, his family said in a statement. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.

US media reports say he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, where his brothers President John F Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy are also buried.

‘Passion and vigour’

In a televised tribute, Barack Obama called Edward Kennedy a colleague, a counsellor and a friend.