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Old 29th September 2006 | 21:12
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Laptop battery fires still a problem

The Sony recall continues after laptop fire at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month. When Dell announced a recall other OEMs denied they were affected...

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1884024,00.html

Sony hit by Lenovo battery recall

Charlotte Moore and agencies
Friday September 29, 2006
Guardian Unlimited

Sony's woes deepened as Lenovo, the world's third-largest computer company, today said it was recalling 500,000 Sony-made laptop batteries.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019306,00.asp

Lenovo Investigates Laptop Fire; Analysts Say Recall Likely
By John G. Spooner and Scott Ferguson
September 22, 2006

The battery pack, housed inside an IBM ThinkPad T43, caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month,
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