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  • Sony to launch notebook battery recall

    Sony plans to recall 340,000 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that shipped with notebook computers in the US, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday.

  • CASA agrees with airline notebook restrictions

    Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said it is happy with the restrictions placed on the use of Dell and Apple notebooks by airlines.

  • Lenovo and IBM to recall 526,000 batteries

    Following reports of a Lenovo notebook catching fire at Los Angeles International airport earlier this month, Lenovo and Big Blue will recall 526,000 faulty notebook batteries worldwide.

  • Compaq recalls 1.4 million power adapters

    Compaq Computer is recalling nearly 1.4 million notebook power adapters, citing fire risk.

  • Acer recalls 27,000 notebook batteries

    Acer, the fast-growing Taiwanese PC maker, announced on Wednesday a voluntary recall of 27,000 lithium-ion notebook batteries made by Sony. A danger exists that the batteries can short-circuit and burst into flames.

  • Apple recalls overheating batteries

    Apple Computer is recalling about 28,000 batteries that shipped this year in its PowerBook G4 portable computers.

  • Fires stop with Apple and Dell, insists Sony

    Sony and PC makers scrambled on Thursday to reassure customers that the latest battery recall involving Apple Computer would be the last.

  • Flaming LAX laptop was a ThinkPad

    A burning laptop that frightened passengers at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend was a ThinkPad, Lenovo confirmed Wednesday, and that notebook ships with Sony's battery technology.

  • 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.

  • Apple recalls old power adapters

    Apple Computer is recalling 570,000 power adapters used on some older PowerBook models after reports that the brick-shaped units can overheat, creating a potential fire hazard.

  • Virgin Atlantic bans use of Apple, Dell batteries

    The airline has become the third to impose restrictions on laptops, following the recall of millions of 'exploding' batteries.

  • 'Flaming notebook' fear

    Dell Asia Pacific says none of the notebooks distributed from two of its factories contain faulty batteries which can cause the units to burst into flames.

  • Dell: Exploding batteries are Sony's fault

    Chairman Michael Dell has denied that the way Dell constructs its PCs played a part in a spate of battery-related fires. He instead laid the blame entirely with the manufacturer of the battery cells, Sony.

  • 'Alien' substance blamed for notebook fire

    Sanyo says an 'alien' substance was mixed into the production process of the battery that caused a Dell customer's notebook to burst into flames and prompted a recall last week.

  • PCs don't have to be ugly

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