Great...now I have to find out if my M60 is affected by this. It also happens to be at a repair shop at the moment, so maybe I can get the battery fixed at that point too.

Also, I've noticed no problems with my battery. Absolutely none. Maybe it's an act of fear so Toshiba won't get sued?

it would seem Sony needs something kicked & a few heads butted together to cause such worldwide stress + concern for Laptop owners & humbling & embarrassing the top Laptop manufacturers....Dell, Toshiba, Apple should bring a class action lawsuit against Sony for negligence & poor industry stewardship

ummm....sorry for the 2nd dup memo guys but that server is in a punishing mood again w 'service not available' after hitting submit

brilliant analytical summation Starkers....it does have that 'who'da thunk it' quality about it....SOOOO 'Sony being stupid + inept like a fox' would appear to be the bottom line....it is shameless....on a level with the HP debacle w Pretexting

Luckily PS3 doesn't run on batteries

Oh, but the PSP3 portable will....the batteries for those however, will NOT be akin to those shipped to Dell, Apple & Toshiba. As with the Vaio laptop, the PSP3 portable will perform flawlessly, with all its internals and consumables certainly receiving the appropriate product quality testing overlooked for those shipped to competitors.

If ever there was a method to the apparent madness, this is it....make the competitors products look bad, then heroically show an act of good faith to recall/replace the defective components, which of course have no detrimental effects when installed in home grown products...effing brilliant, no wasted manufacturing processes or resources, And Sony eventually come up smelling of roses.

The thing with roses, they thrive on bullshit (manure)

***oh, all this conspiracy stuff, it's so exciting/thrilling***