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• iPod overheats, sparks while being charged

  An iPod nano in Japan overheated and discharged sparks, the Japanese industry ministry said today.

• Nokia phone battery explodes, flies across room

  Exploding batteries are back: last Friday, the battery of an Australian readers' Nokia 6230i phone exploded and flew across the room, burning a hole in her floor.

• Dell's 'exploding laptop' problems take another twist

  After the issues around its notebook computers last year, Dell now finds that open season has been declared as it faces legal action in Canada from a user who complained that the company carried on selling the computers after it knew they suffered from problems.

• Apple, Dell wind down battery recall efforts

  Apple and Dell have managed to track down and replace the vast majority of their potentially "exploding" batteries, which has allowed airlines to lift the restrictions placed on the use of notebooks in-flight.

• Aussies mostly safe from Toshiba battery issues

  Toshiba yesterday announced a global recall of 340,000 laptop batteries, but the company stressed that the recall was not a result of exploding battery packs, unlike the recent Apple and Dell recalls.

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