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The world's largest manufacturer of personal computers, Dell, is to recall 4.1 million of its notebook computer batteries because of a fire risk.
Most batteries are in computers sold in the US but more than 1 million are thought to be elsewhere. BBC   Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | Intel i7 @ 4.2Ghz under a Noctua NH-U12P | 6GB Corsair XMS DDR3 Gigabyte GTX670 | Creative X-FI Titanium HD | Crucial M225 128GB SSD + 3TB's of Storage Corsair HX850 | Logitech G19 & G25 | Razer Deathadder Respawn | Wireless Xbox 360 Pad Samsung 2443BW | Lian Li PC-7FW | Acoustic Energy Aego M | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit |
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oops,
I think their share price just dropped. 
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Chatter Box
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Yes, bit of a slip up there
 I wonder how many caught fire before they noticed  edit: Oooops, that'll teach me to reply before I read the article
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mine is in the OK batch
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So their hot stuff then
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