Dell Battery Recall
You may have heard this already, but Dell is recalling batteries that have been overheating and setting laptops on fire. I have one of the potentially affected laptops - but I haven’t turned it off to check the battery yet 
Learn more about this recall and share it with your friends and family (especially if they got their laptop between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006).
[update] Turns out I have one of the bad batteries - so I have to wait 20 days for my new battery [/update]
August 16th, 2006 09:27
This battery recall actually started months ago and was a big deal in the spring (I think). Now it has resurfaced.
See
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/pressoffice/en/2005/2005_12_16_dc_000?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
August 16th, 2006 09:43
Yes, but at that time, my battery was not on the list - because I checked. So the list has changed.