Como se combate o populismo? "Com eleições", responde Fukuyama

[ASR]

Já em 2002 apareceu esta notícia: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/22/man_burns_penis_with_laptop/

Está em inglês mas penso que isso não é problema...

/ASR
PS: Estou a escrever este post num Dell, mas não está no colo nem tem a bateria colocada... nunca fiando!!!

[Keyser Soze]

[Keyser Soze]

Dell to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries
Devices' lithium-ion batteries could overheat and possibly catch fire
Reuters

Updated: 8:03 p.m. ET Aug. 14, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO - Dell Inc., the world's largest personal computer maker, said Monday it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries with cells made by Sony Corp., the largest recall in Dell's history.

Dell said it issued the recall in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission because the devices' lithium-ion batteries could overheat and, in rare cases, produce smoke and catch fire, Dell spokesman Jess Blackburn said.

The recall of batteries in Dell notebooks sold from April 2004 through last month spans the company's assortment of Latitude, Inspiron and Precision models, Blackburn said.

Blackburn also said that the recall would have no "material impact" on Round Rock, Texas,-based Dell. Officials from Sony Energy Devices Corp. of Japan, which made the cells, could not immediately be reached for comment.

The recall involves 18 percent of Dell's 22 million notebook computers sold during the period from April 2004 to July 2006. It comes three days before Dell is scheduled to report its fiscal second quarter earnings.

The batteries are Dell-branded but contain Sony battery cells, the spokesman said.

Dell has received six reports of batteries overheating, causing damage to furniture and personal belongings, the Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington reported. No injuries have been reported, the commission said.

Shares of Dell were down 24 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $21.00 in extended trading.

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