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Sony Laptops recalled

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Sydney : Australia | about 1 year ago  
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Sony have recalled selected units of the VAIO TZ series notebook due to a short circuit causing it to overheat.

This is a worldwide issue and potentially affects notebooks sold between May 2007 and July 2008.

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