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by Mike Zazaian October 24, 2006 - 2:08pm, No Comments

Executives at the Sony Corporation apologized for the brash of recalled batteries that have shaken the laptop industry over the past few months, but are still unwilling to shoulder full responsibility.

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by Mike Zazaian October 16, 2006 - 12:20pm, 1 Comment >>

Despite the fact that Sony has agreed to foot the bill for the costs of its ongoing li-on battery recalls, manufacturers such as Toshiba may seek additional damages for their trouble.

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by Mike Zazaian October 6, 2006 - 3:25pm, 2 Comments >>

Documents acquired under the freedom information act indicate that Dell knew of their battery issues almost a year before a recall was initiated.

As is clear from the documents, Dell reported several overheating incidents to the Consumer Product Safety Commission last October. Within a few months of the report Dell discovered the cause of the overheating, the same notorious metal particles that have caused short circuits in almost 8 million lithium-ion batteries.

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by Mike Zazaian October 4, 2006 - 11:18am, 2 Comments >>

In the wake of recalling more than 7.7 million laptop batteries from top notebook manufacturers, Sony is gearing up to launch a battery recall of its own.

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by Mike Zazaian September 21, 2006 - 10:36am, No Comments

Researchers at the Telecommunications Institute of Korea have developed a switch that promises to end Sony’s exploding battery blues.

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