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Coby issues battery recall

by Sue Walsh on Oct 24, 2009 at 02:09 PM

Coby Electronics has announced a recall of nearly 20,000 rechargeable batteries sold with its portable DVD players between January 2007 and September 2009.  The electronics manufacturer says they may overheat, creating a fire hazard.  So far they have had 10 reports of such an incident and 8 of them resulted… Continue Reading »

Sony issues battery recall

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:43 PM

Yet another case of the few ruining it for the many.  Due to “at least 40” reports of laptop batteries overheating and causing fires as well as potential property damage, Sony is recalling 35,000 Lithium Ion batteries in the US and another 65,000 in other countries.  In a stroke of… Continue Reading »

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