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Dell Battery Recall- Win for the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-this-isn't-exactly-new dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has an article on how the Dell recalls show the true power of the web and how the attack on the Dell batteries evolved on the web. From the article: But in cyberspace the race was on to dig out every last byte of 'truth' about those flaming PCs. Gadget news blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget spat out facts and rumors with equal zeal. They were relentless advocates for the consumer, too. On July 31, Engadget posted photos of a Dell notebook that had caught fire in Singapore. Its comment: 'We'll keep posting these until we see a recall or a solution, so please, Dell, treat 'em right.'"

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  1. Group Dynamics by mhazen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    While it's a Good Thing(TM) that this has evolved the way it was, anyone surprised by this has forgotten this:

    http://www.demotivators.com/idiocy.html

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  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, you missed your chance.

  3. Now this is a true /. Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Unlike the previous article that was just posted to incite a flame war against Bush. This is a true /. article. Remember the slogan? "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." This is supposed to be a tech site, not a political holy war site. /. posters, please remember that next time before you post another poltical article. Thanks.

  4. Where else could this help? by CustSerAssassin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Start a forum about how much taxes we pay and maybe something will be done about that too!

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