Martyn Williams

Toshiba Corp. is offering to replace a further 830,000 laptop batteries containing cells made by Sony Corp., it said. And Fujitsu Ltd. will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony Corp.'s global battery exchange program, it said .

Dell Inc. has increased by 100,000 the number of laptop batteries it is recalling due to a potential fire hazard, while Toshiba Corp. said it would take part in Sony Corp.'s voluntary battery replacement program kicked off Thursday. Fujitsu Ltd. indicated that it was also considering a voluntary recall.

A district court judge in the U.S. state of Delaware has dismissed part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s lawsuit against Intel Corp. The dismissed claims relate to alleged business practices of Intel that AMD claims affected sales of its own microprocessors.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) is recalling several thousand laptop computer battery packs because mechanical problems with the pack's latch could lead to overheating of the battery.

A failure by the U.S. and European Union to reach a new agreement next month on the provision of passenger data for transatlantic flights could ground up to 105,000 people each week, the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) director general said.

MTV Networks will be unveiling a new broadband service that appears part MTV, part YouTube and part MySpace. Built around a Web site called Flux, the service will be targeted at young people who are increasingly tuning out television and tuning into online video and chat.

Sony expects the Apple and Dell battery recalls to cost between $190 million to $285 million. It said the figure represents the cost of replacement battery packs and any other related costs.

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. is telling passengers with Dell Inc. laptops that they might not be able to recharge their machines in-flight. And Sony said it is investigating a report that a four-year-old Sony Vaio computer burst into flames while charging.