20c (and friends)

I had the surprise to learn this morning from CNN that Dell is recalling millions of lithium batteries used in its notebooks because they can BURST INTO FLAMES... gulp, I'm writing this on my Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop, so you can imagine how concerned I feel. According to the computer maker, the Sony batteries were placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 2004 et July 18 2006. I bought my computer in July last year. Fortunately, it looks like I have been spared since Inspiron 2200 is not on the list ... (don't say you're spared until you've knocked on your wooden head, dixit Lina).

gizmodo.com writes that the Dell notebooks weren't the only ones using Sony batteries. Apple had a similar battery exchange program for MacBook Pros sold from February to May of this year.