Dell’s recalling 100,000 more fire-prone batteries, bringing the total now recalled by the company to 4.2 million. This is on top of Toshiba’s recall of 830,0000 Sony batteries announced today. Whoa.

There've been scattered reports of Dell Computer Co. laptops bursting into flames without warning, though there's been little urgency attached to the reports. But in a potentially catastrophic case ...

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