http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1558/all xx http://www.itworld.com/small-business/57081/more-sony-laptop-battery-stupidity Some companies seem plagued by idiot vice presidents and can never recover from major screw ups, such as Sony and their laptop batteries. Well, these companies recover in a way, since they don't go out of business or their executives get sent to jail, but they don't fix their decision making processes that caused the first blunder, so they keep blundering along. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/57081/more-sony-laptop-battery-stupidity#comments Hardware Personal tech Small business Opinion laptop battery recall Sony Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:59:02 -0400 James Gaskin 57081 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54689/sony-recalls-73000-vaio-laptops-due-burn-hazard Sony is recalling 73,000 Vaio TZ laptops because of a possible manufacturing defect that may cause them to overheat, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54689/sony-recalls-73000-vaio-laptops-due-burn-hazard#comments Hardware News laptop recall Sony Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:54:30 -0400 ITworld staff 54689 at http://www.itworld.com