Ha ha! Dell bad battery stories on NYTimes most-email list 4 times

[NewYorkerfromMass]

Currently starring at numbers 1, 3, 21, and 24!!!
Good job DELL!

1.Dell Will Recall Batteries in PC’s
By DAMON DARLIN
Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames. It will be the largest safety recall in the industry’s history.
2.Elusive Proof, Elusive Prover: A New Mathematical Mystery
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Grisha Perelman has quite possibly solved one of mathematics biggest mysteries, Poincaré’s conjecture, but has since disappeared.
3.Dell Recalls Batteries Because of Fire Threat
By DAMON DARLIN
In what was believed to be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, 4.1 million batteries were recalled.
4.Fat Factors
By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
It’s clear that diet and genes contribute to how fat you are. But a new wave of scientic research suggests that, for some people, there might be a third factor — microorganisms.
5.Travel: Tighter Security Is Jeopardizing Orchestra Tours
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
With new concerns about carry-on baggage, it has gotten tougher to be a classical musician.
6.Coffee as a Health Drink? Studies Find Some Benefits
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Four to six cups of coffee are fine, but after six the gains start to diminish.
7.Essay: How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate
By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS
For those interested in improving science education, any celebration about recent events in Kansas should be muted.
8.Personal Health: Scientists Cast Misery of Migraine in a New Light
By JANE E. BRODY
Everything you thought you knew about migraine headaches may be wrong.
9.Editorial Observer: Has Bush v. Gore Become the Case That Must Not Be Named?
By ADAM COHEN
The ruling that stopped the Florida recount and handed the presidency to George W. Bush is disappearing down the legal world’s version of the memory hole.
10.Skin Cancer Is Up; Tanning Industry a Target
By PAUL VITELLO
An unexplained increase in skin cancer among young people has turned attention to the $5 billion-a-year industry.
11.Census Shows Growth of Immigrants
By RICK LYMAN
The number of immigrants living in U.S. households rose 16 percent over the last five years, fueled largely by recent arrivals from Mexico.
12.Microsoft Has a Starter Kit for Aspiring Game Designers
By ROBERT LEVINE
Microsoft is expected to announce the fall release of tools that will let aspiring game designers write games on a PC, test them on an Xbox 360, then sell or share them on Xbox Live.
13Scientists Begin to Grasp the Stealthy Spread of Cancer
By LAURIE TARKAN
The moment when a cancer begins to spread throughout the body — metastasis — has always been the most dreaded turning point of the disease.
14.Wine Ratings Might Not Pass the Sobriety Test
By GARY RIVLIN
In the world of wine ratings, the difference between a cabernet that earns a score of 89 and one that gets a 90 may be imperceptible to the palate, but translates to big dollars for sellers.
15.Marketers Trace Paths Users Leave on Internet
By SAUL HANSELL
Internet companies are analyzing records of what their users search for to target advertising directly to them.
16.Archaeologists Challenge Link Between Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Sect
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Two archaeologists are raising new doubts about the link between the Dead Sea Scrolls and an ancient settlement known as Qumran.
17.In the Land of Four-Star Asceticism
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Medical practices millenniums old are finding modern favor, particularly at ayurvedic spas in southern India where spiritual enlightenment is a hot tourist draw.
18.Commentary: For Addicts, Firm Hand Can Be the Best Medicine
By SALLY SATEL, M.D.
Strict monitoring, with predictable and meaningful consequences, is often the best medicine for people with addictions.
19.Op-Ed Contributor: Beyond Propaganda
By JOHN KENNEY
Six years ago I helped create BP’s current advertising campaign, the man-in-the-street television commercials.
20.A Woman to Be Chief at PepsiCo
By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH
Indra K. Nooyi’s promotion will make PepsiCo the largest United States company by market capitalization led by a woman.
21.What to Do About Those Batteries
Owners of Dell notebook computers affected by the recall will be notified in most cases by mail, e-mail and an online software-update system that sends messages directly to the computer screen, company officials say. Corporate customers will be contacted by sales representatives. The recall involves more than 30 Latitude, Inspiron, Precision and XPS models.
22.It’s Getting Easier to Be Green
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Given the choice, developers say, consumers will opt for the ecologically friendly apartment, even if it comes at a price.
23.PepsiCo Names New Female Chief Executive
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Indra K. Nooyii’s new post makes her one of the most powerful women in corporate America.
24.Changing Batteries
Owners of Dell notebook computers affected by the recall will be notified in most cases by mail, e-mail and a software update system that sends messages directly to the computer screen, company officials say. Corporate customers will be contacted by sales representatives. The recall involves more than 30 Latitude, Inspiron, Precision and XPS models.
25.On Pit Row, It’s First and Tire Change
By VIV BERNSTEIN
As Nascar has boomed in popularity and become a multibillion-dollar business, pit road is increasingly populated with serious athletes.

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[meegbear]

1. You mean good job Sony ...

They manufactured the battery and they are replacing them.

[tridim]

2. Any lithium battery can explode..

If charged or discharged incorrectly.

I use them for my Radio Controlled airplanes and have had one that almost exploded while on the charger. I caught it just in time and took it to a safe place to watch it burst.