Thursday, August 17, 2006

Reviewing all Sony laptop batteries

U.S. consumer safety officials said on Tuesday that they are <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6106133.html?tag=nl.r23660">reviewing all Sony-made lithium ion batteries</A> in laptop computers for fire hazards after Dell announced the largest electronics recall in the United States. Dell, the No. 1 maker of personal computers, on Monday said it is recalling 4.1 million notebook batteries made by Sony because they could overheat and catch fire. A battery of the type involved in the recall was in a Dell laptop that erupted in flames in Japan earlier this year. The Sony batteries are also used in laptops from Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer and Lenovo.

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