There've been scattered reports of Dell Computer Co. laptops bursting into flames without warning, though there's been little urgency attached to the reports. But in a potentially catastrophic case ...

A Dell notebook computer that burst into flames last month in Osaka, Japan, has damaged more than just the conference table where it sat smoldering. The incident, publicized in photos on the Internet, ...

After the issues around its notebook computers last year, Dell now finds that open season has been declared as it faces legal action in Canada from a user who complained that the company carried on ...

The federal consumer unit could become an ally to Dell, which is pointing the finger at the exploding laptop's lithium ion battery unit. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has repeatedly found ...

Yahoo! Santa Clara HQ smoke alarms were triggered this week by yet another exploding laptop battery, “forcing several hundred employees to evacuate the building”. Flickr exec Stewart Butterfield ...

If you, like kb, doubted the facts behind my June 21st blog entry Why Laptops Don’t belong on Laps which concerned a Dell laptop that exploded for no apparent reason at a conference then … check out ...