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Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating

TOKYO (AP) -- Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Thu, Sep 04 2008

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