Due to additional information PC manufacturer Dell has received from Sony, the company’s lithium-ion battery supplier, they will be updating their battery-replacement program. Although fewer than 300 units manufactured by Sony have been affected worldwide, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Dell, among other system manufacturers, has been listed to have certain notebook [...]
According to Sony Corp, 100,000 computer battery packs made by the Japanese electronics maker are being recalled due to a fire hazard. This includes, but is not limited to batteries found in the machines of various lap-top manufacturing giants such as Hewlett-Packard Co and Toshiba Corp. The recall was initiated on Thursday by the [...]
Apparently Dell was none too pleased with rival competitor Hewlett Packard’s boastful claims of better battery life. Specifically, the claim by HP’s Fred Bullock at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that the battery life of it’s Elitebook 6930p outperforms those of the laptops being put out by Dell, even running up [...]
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