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October 6, 2006

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Hitachi is the latest computer maker to recall those fire-prone Sony laptop batteries. The recall will affect about 16,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony that were installed in its Flora 210W and Flora Se210 laptop personal computers for the Japanese market.

Hitachi has not been selling laptops in the U.S. for several years.

The company said it has not received any reports of overheating or fires but is launching the recall to reassure its customers.

More than 10 million of Sony's lithium ion batteries are being recalled. Almost every major manufacturer has recalled one or more of its laptop models, including Dell, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo and IBM.

Sony expects the Dell and Apple recalls alone to costs at least $170.

According to Sony, the batteries can short-circuit because shards of metal were left in their cells during production in Japan.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that it is aware of at least 47 incidents related to defective laptop batteries. Among the most alarming incidents - a laptop that caught fire during a flight and another that burst into flames in a pickup truck, totally destroying the vehicle.

A man in South Venice, Fla. believes his Dell laptop is the cause of his house burning down. Louis Minnear said he found his couch engulfed in flames in the middle of the night.

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