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After recalls and fires, Matsushita to offer new lithium battery

It hasn't been a really good year battery-wise. Battery defects made the news with overheating and spontaneous combustion. Today, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it will begin mass producing a new and improved lithium-ion battery, one that presumably will not melt your PowerBook. Good news for consumers, even at the slightly higher prices anticipated for the more advanced technology. This DFW article does not reveal exactly how the new batteries will be changed in order to minimize the risk of spontaneous combustion, but "not bursting into flames" would be a good start.

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It hasn't been a really good year battery-wise. Battery defects made the news with overheating and spontaneous combustion. Today,...
 

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Paul D. Spradling

oops, my SuperDrive is Matshita not Matsushita, sorry :/

December 20 2006 at 5:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paul D. Spradling

Matsushita can suck my balls. My MacBook burns coasters ~40% of the time because of it's POS MatsuSHITa drive.

December 19 2006 at 8:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sherman Homan

At least the headline doesn't read "PowerBook Bursts into Flames!"

December 19 2006 at 8:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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