| Lenovo recalls 500,000 batteries
Chinese computer-maker Lenovo has announced the worldwide recall of more than 500,000 laptop batteries made by Sony because of a fire risk.
The problem affects ThinkPad laptops sold from February 2005 both under its name and the IBM brand.
It follows earlier recalls of Sony batteries by Dell, Apple and Toshiba over the same fire risk.
Lenovo, which took over ThinkPad from IBM in May 2005, said a laptop had caught fire at Los Angeles airport.
'Minimal impact'
The world's third-largest laptop-maker, Lenovo said it will replace the batteries free of charge.
It estimates that between 5% and 10% of ThinkPad laptops sold between February 2005 and this month are affected.
Lenovo spokesman Ray Gorman said the company expects the financial impact of the recall to be "minimal", as Sony is "supporting us financially in this recall". Dell is recalling 4.1 million Sony batteries, Toshiba 340,000, and Apple 1.8 million.
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