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340,000 Toshiba Laptop Batteries Recalled

340,000 laptop batteries are being recalled by Toshiba around the world made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems for the company. Toshiba Corp. spokesman Keisuke Omori said that the latest battery problem causes the laptops to sometimes run out of power, however no injuries or other accidents have been reported. She declined to provide the number of reported problems.

The defect is not related directly to the problem behind last month?s recall of Sony batteries by Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire. Customers were asked by Dell to return 4.1 million defective laptop batteries, while Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide.

In both cases, the troubled lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony Energy Devices Corp., a Japan-based subsidiary of Sony Corp. The problems are in some of the battery packs for Dynabook and Satellite laptop models manufactured by Tokyo-based Toshiba from March through May this year, and they will be replaced for free.