Chairman Michael Dell has denied that the way Dell constructs its PCs played a part in a spate of battery-related fires. He instead laid the blame entirely with the manufacturer of the battery cells, Sony.

Apple, Dell wind down battery recall efforts

Apple and Dell have managed to track down and replace the vast majority of their potentially "exploding" batteries, which has allowed airlines to lift the restrictions placed on the use of notebooks in-flight.

Aussies mostly safe from Toshiba battery issues

Toshiba yesterday announced a global recall of 340,000 laptop batteries, but the company stresses that the recall is not a result of exploding battery packs, unlike the recent Apple and Dell recalls.

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