October 30, eWeek (International) Sony, HP, Dell, Toshiba recall thousands of faulty lithium-ion laptop batteries. Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell are recalling as many as 100,000 laptops worldwide that used faulty Sony-made lithiumion battery packs. In the United States, this could impact about 35,000 notebooks that were sold between 2004 and 2006. So far, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said there have been 19 incidents of overheating and two reported injuries. All together, the three notebook vendors and Sony are recalling about 100,000 notebook battery packs worldwide. To date, there have been 19 separate incidents of batteries overheating, according to the CPSC. Of those 19 incidents, 17 involved fire and flames, and 10 consumers also reported some minor property damage. At least two people suffered minor burns after the batteries caught on fire, according to the CPSC. Source: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Sony-Notebook-Vendors- Recall-Thousands-of-Faulty-LithiumIon-Notebook-Batteries/
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