Steve Bass newsletter:

International Herald Tribune:
"Flaming Computer Puts Dell on the Defensive"
<http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/07/10/business/dell.php>

Gizmodo has some pictures:
"Dell Laptop Explodes in Flames"
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/dell-laptop-explodes-in-flames-182257.php>

And the kicker is, it happened again about a month later. [Thanks for the tip, Robert D.] Read about it on Tomshardware Forumz:
"Dude, your Dell just freaking blew up!!!"
<http://community.tomshardware.com/dellpost.html?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=192887&ex=Dude-Dell-freaking-blew>

Wait! You want yet another kicker? Try the exploding laptop in Singapore. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the owner thought it was a fluke:
"Dell Laptop Became a Flamethrower"
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/laptop-turns-to-flamethrower/2006/07/28/1153816375720.html>


Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada

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