Sony Will Arrange Replacement Batteries for 100,000 Notebooks
Over 100,000 laptop batteries will be replaced as Sony declares them unsafe. Last time this happened, Sony replaced 9 million batteries causing a major dent in companies profit. PC makers have reported 40 cases of overheating, including four cases where users suffered minor burns, and 21 cases of minor damage from fires and overheating. US Govt., after a review of situation , issued a notice to Sony to recall 35,000 of it's batteries and the Tokyo-based company said it would recall a further 65,000 batteries worldwide. [...more]