FYI ...

Dell Computer to recall 4.1 million notebook batteries.

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Models in the hot seat

Dell plans to announce a recall of 4.1 million batteries worldwide on Tuesday.
Here's a list of the affected models.

Latitude
D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810

Inspiron
6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m, 710m, 9400, E1705

Dell Precision
M20, M60, M70 and M90 mobile workstations
XPS
XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and XPS M1710

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://news.com.com/Dell+to+recall+4+million+batteries/2100-1044_3-6105486.html?tag=nl.e703
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~ Panasonic joins notebook battery recall ~

Third company announces battery recall, but its recall program is much smaller than those for Dell and Apple.

CNET News.com
September 5, 2006

It's been a high-profile summer for lithium ion notebook batteries, much to the chagrin of Dell, Apple Computer and Sony.

Matsushita, better-known by its Panasonic brand name, joined the party this week with its own recall of 6,000 notebook batteries sold in Japan. This most recent recall isn't nearly as large as the ones that involved 4.1 million batteries sold by Dell and 1.8 million batteries sold by Apple, but it's another example of the care and attention being paid to notebook batteries these days.

more @ http://news.com.com/Panasonic+joins+notebook+battery+recall/2100-1041-6112395.html

This must be costing Sony a bunch of money ..

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