I guess someone finally caught on to the fact that the batteries in Dell notebooks are a bit dangerous. I can't even imagine what's going on in IT departments of companies who outfit their employees exclusively with Dell laptops right now...

"Dell has issued a major recall of 4.1 million batteries manufactured by Sony. Under rare conditions these batteries can overheat and cause risk of fire."

Add another category of merchandise that's being counterfeited in China to the list: DVD burners? Yes, Plextor burners are the best (imo), but do they really command enough brand recognition to counterfeit 'em? Stranger things have happened, I suppose...

"BenQ, Lite-On IT and other leading Taiwanese makers of DVD burners are closely monitoring the Taiwan market to prevent the inflow of phony products made in China, the sources noted."

The fact that we're only just learning about this theft, which occurred eight months ago, makes ol' t-ready a lil' nervous... According to the article, they didn't get a whole lot of info, but still...

"Names, Social Security numbers, information where the employees worked, security clearance and birth dates were taken during the theft."