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Lenovo and IBM Corporation, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, have announced the voluntary recall of certain lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony Corporation.

Lenovo has joined Dell etc in recalling Sony batteries now too. [via]

IBM and Lenovo sold these Sony batteries in systems listed below between February 2005 and September 2006. Customers who bought one of the following systems may have a battery subject to this recall:

• ThinkPad R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e)
• ThinkPad T Series (T43, T43p, T60)
• ThinkPad X Series (X60, X60s)

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