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Rechargeable batteries are the brawn behind the brains of portable electronic devices. But unless a cellphone dies in the middle of a call, or you are trying to determine which of your six charging devices to stuff into a suitcase, you might not give batteries much thought.

Dallas: Computer giant Dell is recalling 4.1 million laptop batteries because of a risk they can overheat and catch fire. While the majority of the batteries being recalled were in products sold in the US, more than 1 million are believed to be from computers sold abroad. A Dell spokesman said the Sony made batteries affected by the problem were