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p2pnet.net News:- Sony and Dell have been ordered by Japan’s Ministry of Trade to investigate fires in notebooks.
Certain Sony laptop lithium batteries cause certain Dell laptops (that haven’t succumbed to the Rootkit infection) to engage in spontaneous computer combustion, explained Excess Copyright’s Howard Knopf , recently, going on:
“Hopefully, this is just a catastrophic corporate coincidence. Whatever the reason, it’s bound to ‘heat up’ the market. Hopefully, SONY (and the RIAA and CRIA) won’t be seeking legislation to prevent consumers and firefighters from extinguishing computer fires caused by systems with ‘flaming’, ‘blazing’ or ‘incendiary’ performance. ;-)”
Meanwhile, “The report on the incidents - one in October last year and the other in June this year - comes after Dell said last week it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries provided by Sony because they could overheat and catch fire,” says Reuters.
Sony faces a potential loss of more than $225 million and Dell is looking at more bad PR following false advertising accusations in China.
The pic is from The Inquirer’s report on the story, but it doesn’t suggest the flaming computer was a Sony-laden Dell system.
Rather, the “spectacular conflagration’ came at a computer conference in Osaka.
Also See:
spontaneous computer combustion - My SONY ™ Story, August 16, 2006
Reuters - Japan gov’t reports two cases of Sony battery fire, August 24, 2006
$225 million - Dell recalls 4.1M Sony batteries, August 15, 2006
bad PR - Dell ‘false advertising’ claims, August 14, 2006
The Inquirer - Japan orders Sony, Dell to probe battery fires, August 24, 2006
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August 24th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
It affects Apples too:
http://news.google.com/nwshp?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official_s&tab=wn&ned=us&ncl=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14502021/&hl=en