Monday, July 23, 2007

Toshiba battery recall

Toshiba is <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/124650/Toshiba_Starts_Another_Sony_Battery_Recall">recalling a small batch of laptop batteries</A> that could overheat and burn users, a company spokesman said Thursday.

About 5,100 Sony-made lithium-ion batteries are defective, spanning 10 models of Toshiba computers, some of which are essentially the same model but carry a different name in different regions, said Manuel Linnig, Toshiba spokesman in Germany.

The latest recall involves a different type of battery than in September 2006 when more than 8 million rechargeable lithium-ion batteries made by Sony were recalled.

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