Dell Battery Recall- Win for the Web

conq writes "BusinessWeek has an article on how the Dell recalls show the true power of the web and how the attack on the Dell batteries evolved on the web. From the article: But in cyberspace the race was on to dig out every last byte of 'truth' about those flaming PCs. Gadget news blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget spat out facts and rumors with equal zeal. They were relentless advocates for the consumer, too. On July 31, Engadget posted photos of a Dell notebook that had caught fire in Singapore. Its comment: 'We'll keep posting these until we see a recall or a solution, so please, Dell, treat 'em right.'"

writing this on a Dell laptop

[Anonymous Coward]

Cool! First Po...(bang!)

Survivor Man

[Aqua_boy17]

I'm waiting for an episode of Survivor Man where they give him a Dell laptop instead of a box of matches.

[beavis voice:] "Fire, Fire, Fire!!!"

Tinfoil Hat On

[WebHostingGuy]

Why do you think these companies recalled the batteries? By choice? No, once it was discovered the laptops could explode the government forced the recall so terrorists would not buy hundreds of laptops and turn them on while flying...

Think about it.

Re:assuming the web was the cause...

[LindseyJ]

Shhhh! Man, the Slashdot Circle-Jerk hasn't even started yet and you're already trying to rain on their parade!

Without an INTERWEB it would have been DAYS later

[wsanders]

Without the might power of flaming Youtube videos, I am sure the recall would have taken DAY later.

I am sure that UPS and the USPS, for example, don't give a fig if a plane with some laptops on it catches on fire every now and then. They are huge evil corporations! Keep it up INTERWEB! SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER!

Re:assuming the web was the cause...

[truthsearch]

That's not rain.