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Warning: Exploding Batteries

Posted by timothy on from the and-exploding-and-exploding dept.

batlike writes "It seems I have been quite lucky up to this point as I habitually leave my laptop in the trunk of my car - which is just over the gas tank (duh!) . See this article in InfoWorld by Ephraim Schwartz for details. You may want to give it a once over if you currently use lithium-ion batteries."

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  1. Re:Hear this, Apple? by Technician · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So if you buy something where you can't change the battery, expect a finite life out of it!

    Is that a veiled attack on the Apple I-Pod?

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