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Apple recalls laptop batteries
News Apple Computer is recalling 1.8 million batteries that use Sony's battery cell technology, it announced on Thursday. Users are advised to remove the batteries immediately and store them in a safe place.
[August 24, 2006, 19:50]
Matsushita recalls 6,000 laptop batteries
Talkback Im guessing you suffer from foot in mouth disease. Save face, dont post again.
[September 29, 2006, 18:27]
Apple recalls laptop batteries
Talkback Is there any reason to think that a replacement laptop battery would be any worse than the manufacturers? I bought a replacement battery for my iBook about a month ago from http://www.laptopsforless.com/laptopbattery and it works great.
[September 1, 2006, 1:14]
Lenovo recalls laptop batteries over fire risk
Talkback So it is Sonys fault then not Dells! well done sony!
[September 29, 2006, 18:24]
Dell to recall 4.1m laptop batteries
Talkback I bought a replacement battery for my Dell laptop about a month ago from http://www.laptopsforless.com/laptopbattery and it works great. Is there any reason to think that a replacement laptop battery would be any worse than the manufacturers?
[September 1, 2006, 20:55]
Matsushita recalls 6,000 laptop batteries
Talkback I can't believe it's the batteries! Sony, as one manufacturer, make hundreds of millions of batteries for thousands of products. Surely this would have had a larger impact with many more manufacturers recall components with Sony batteries.
[September 7, 2006, 16:12]
Dell to recall 4.1m laptop batteries
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[August 17, 2006, 9:44]
Vista beta drains laptop batteries
Talkback why odn't they concentrate on performance rather than pretty aero graphics - the rest of the pc world is geared to extracting the most from hardware, whereas vista seems to gobble up most of a system!
[June 3, 2006, 17:12]
Vista beta drains laptop batteries
News With the new version of Windows, Microsoft has created an operating system that offers advances in many areas, but laptop battery life is not one of them. Windows Vista delivers some pretty snazzy new graphics, but all that "wow" can be a real drain.
[June 2, 2006, 12:25]
ZPower promises longer-lasting laptop batteries
News CNET News.com's Charles Cooper speaks with ZPower chief executive Ross Dueber, who says his company's technology will extend battery life by 40 percent over that of the lithium-ion batteries currently being used.
[August 26, 2008, 12:06]
Lenovo recalls laptop batteries over fire risk
News Lenovo will recall 526,000 notebook batteries due to faulty batteries, the company said on Thursday. The batteries were designed by Lenovo, but Sony produced the lithium ion cell. For now, the recall will only affect about 5 percent to 10 percent...
[September 29, 2006, 8:40]
Dell to recall 4.1m laptop batteries
News Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission plan to recall 4.1 million notebook batteries on Tuesday, a company representative confirmed on Monday. Sony will help pay the costs associated with the recall of 4.1 million batteries the company...
[August 15, 2006, 8:35]
Dell wants its batteries back
News Some of Dell's customers have not been heeding its advice to return laptop batteries that could potentially explode. A few months ago, Dell had to undertake a massive recall of laptop batteries after a few of them began overheating and then...
[December 21, 2006, 12:11]
Toshiba recalls batteries due to fire risk
News Computer manufacturer Toshiba has apparently become the latest vendor to recall laptop batteries because of concerns they may overheat. According to reports on Friday morning, Toshiba is recalling 830,000 laptop batteries.
[September 29, 2006, 13:05]
Lenovo recalls 205,000 ThinkPad batteries
News Lenovo is recalling hundreds of thousands of laptop batteries from customers around the world after several reported that their products had overheated. Last year, Lenovo was one of several laptop manufacturers who were forced to recall batteries...
[March 1, 2007, 14:51]
Researchers claim battery-life breakthrough
News Stanford University researchers have made a discovery that could signal the arrival of laptop batteries that last more than a day on a single charge. The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion...
[January 15, 2008, 8:10]
Sharp starts laptop battery recall
News Sharp has joined the ranks of laptop manufacturers recalling troublesome batteries. Fujitsu has announced it is replacing 51,000 more Sony laptop batteries, following a similar recall of 287,000 laptop batteries earlier this month.
[October 16, 2006, 13:00]
Virgin drops laptop ban
News Virgin Atlantic has lifted its total ban on the in-flight use of batteries for any Apple or Dell laptop. The airline recently banned the onboard use of Apple and Dell laptops if the batteries were not removed, following last month's recall of more...
[September 26, 2006, 10:40]
Start-up looks to extend battery life
News While this is an improvement over older silver-zinc technology, it is still lower than lithium-ion batteries, which laptop makers say should last for 300 to 500 cycles at full discharge. The lack of lithium and a water-based chemistry means silver...
[October 9, 2008, 13:08]
Yes, it is warning.
Talkback Cheap ibm laptop batteries UK online shop.http://www.ibm-laptop-batteries.co.uk Last sunday, I received a letter that contained a PDF file, I did not konw what it was, so I opened it. Ok, it was a PDF file that contained viral .
[August 2, 2007, 9:23]
