Don't put your laptop on your lap. Sounds weird but true. Read the news Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference INQ reader's amazing snaps By INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 21 June 2006, 13:22 AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". Should you witness such an event, his advice is, "Don't try anything courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!" Read more here - http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32550