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Dell, HP and Toshiba are once again recalling dodgy laptop batteries manufactured by Sony. Just like a similar recall back in March 2006, the 2.15Ah Lithium Ion batteries may overheat and cause a fire.

Apparently only 100,000 are affected this time -- a fraction of the earlier recall which affected 4.1 million batteries. Here are the links if you think you might be affected:
And while you're waiting for your replacement battery, check this out to see what happens when one cooks...



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