'nuff said

Having followed the link in Sony's article to http://esupport.sony.com/fixmypc I am rewarded with the words "This is a Test" instead of a page where I can enter my Vaio's model and serial number.

Obviously they're just testing the recall mechanism, though why this would be necessary given Sony's track record is beyond me.

Not sure why, but from the headline I had visions of Americans burning piles of laptops a la John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" upset.

Another reason i'm glad i made the choice to stop buying Sony.

If they aren't trying to install rootkits, they are making exploding batteries and laptops. Their quality control has gone to pot...

Hmmm , SONY certainly gives new meaning to what is hot in computers of late quite literally !

As for crApple , what they think is cool is mostly uncool due to basic and inherent defects by deliberate intentional design .

Choices hot or uncool ?

Can we get a Webster filter ???

I suppose this gives some credence to Mac Users' claims that everyone copies Apple. I'm just surprised it took so long for a PC version of the Hindenbook to arrive.

No doubt El Reg hacks and butche^H^H^H^H^H^H editors are at this very moment heatedly debating your comment on this article as ample prose for induction into FOTW archive legend.

Nicely done, you have this Anonymous Coward's vote.

Court proven criminal: exploding battery, rootkit/virus infecting computers, illegal DRM scheme (Bluray). How on earth someone could be stupid enough to buy any sony product?

Sony is not legitimate anymore, they don't have any credibility left and their products lower the bar for quality every day....

So what DO you buy? Lets laugh when you tell us you have a Xbox360 and a Macbook Air (both infinitely less reliable than the Sony counterparts).

Let me get this straight - a loose screw in the hinge can cause a short circuit? Surely that's a design flaw - even in laptops that are currently "healthy"?

Oh well, at least they're still concentrating on hardware - imagine the fun if they decided to write a WWW browser...

I'm UK based, and www.vaio-link.com has a link for the "Sony VAIO TZ Series inspection and rework programme" - and mine's affected!!

They have a voluntary "re-work" programme where they collect, jiggle with the internal wiring, and then return your laptop free of charge.

As the "recall" is voluntary, they seem not to be sending emails to inform customers of this potential trouser charring threat, so I'd suggest manually checking their web site...