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John Paczkowski in News on January 5, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Some last minute grist for the Macworld rumor mill: Word on the street has it that Tuesday’s Macworld keynote address will see the introduction of the 17-inch MacBook Pro that was omitted from Apple’s October 2008 laptop event. As with the machines introduced on that day, the 17-inch MacBook Pro will feature a precision aluminum unibody chassis and a multi-touch glass trackpad. But it may feature something else as well: a fixed silver-zinc battery pack.

Sir, We May Want to Rethink That "Blazing Speed" Ad Campaign

John Paczkowski in News on October 31, 2008 at 5:45 am PT

Sony’s battery brouhaha certainly holds its charge well. Two years after initiating the largest battery recall ever in the electronics industry, Sony announced another after customers reported more than a dozen incidents of faulty lithium-ion notebook batteries bursting into flame.

Sir, We May Want to Rethink That “Blazing Speed” Ad Campaign

John Paczkowski in News on October 31, 2008 at 5:45 am PT

Sony’s battery brouhaha certainly holds its charge well. Two years after initiating the largest battery recall ever in the electronics industry, Sony announced another after customers reported more than a dozen incidents of faulty lithium-ion notebook batteries bursting into flame.