Owners of laptops can enjoy the benefits of working or surfing the Internet on the go. This is the main selling point of having a portable laptop; however any owner must also think about the battery. As the owner of a laptop, you will want your battery to last as long as possible. [...]

Toshiba has issued its second recall in a month of Sony laptop batteries that could overheat and burst into flames.
The latest recall, announced Thursday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, affects about 1,400 notebooks. The models include the Toshiba Satellite A100 and A105, and the Toshiba Tecra A7, which sell for as little as [...]

Toshiba said Thursday it will recall lithium-ion notebook battery packs made by Sony Corp.
Up to 5,100 battery packs are defective, but the recall will include 10,000 laptop batteries, as that is the size of the manufacturing lot involved, spokesmen from the companies said.
The recall is unrelated to the much bigger recall of Sony-made li-ion [...]