Sony Silent on Notebooks Using Batteries That May Catch Fire

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. today refused to name any other computer makers that may be using defective batteries that can cause laptop computers to catch fire.

Lenovo Group Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. yesterday became the latest companies to recall Sony-made batteries used in their notebook computers. Dell Inc., Toshiba Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. have all announced recalls that now total 6.77 million.