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Lenovo on Thursday voluntarily recalled select Sanyo Electric lithium ion extended-life batteries used in its ThinkPad notebook computers.
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Toshiba is recalling potentially dangerous notebook batteries for the third month in a row due to concerns about potential overheating.
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