HP hot laptop battery recall : “a third party manufactured” flaw
15th Oct 2005, 21:53 GMT
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has confirmed that Hewlett-Packard Co. has voluntarily called back over 135,000 battery packs of their notebook PCs, after receiving at least 16 reports of overheating with a threat of causing fires.
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