The "laptop" dies and Sony squirms
It's official: The exploding-battery scandal has killed off the term "laptop" once and for all. An authority no less august than the Consumer Products Safety Commission has issued a diktat: "Do not use your computer on your lap."
As The Browser ponders this government commandment from a notebook computer that - all right, we confess - is not securely stationed on a heatproof surface, we're looking for someone to blame. And Sony looks like a fat, juicy target. We're not the only ones steamed: Macworld UK has picked up a Reuters report that Toshiba may sue rival Sony after recalling more than one million notebooks with Sony-made batteries. Apple, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Lenovo have also been affected - they've just quietly extracted payment for the cost of their recalls from Sony. The latest victim? Sony itself. Also a computer maker, Sony is recalling some of its Vaio notebooks. And the cost of the battery disaster may put a large dent in earnings: The company earlier pegged the cost at $257 million, but that doesn't take into account the latest recalls. 
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