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How Intel's wirefree power tech will end battery life woes |
2009-2-25 |
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Imagine a world where you never worried that your laptop's battery might lose the will to live. Or one in which the viper's nest of power cables that nestles behind your PC vanished in a puff of technology.
In short, imagine an alternative reality in which power wasn't delivered by cables but trans...
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HP laptop claims to break 24-hour battery life barrier |
2009-2-25 |
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HP has said it has achieved a mobile-computing milestone by getting its EliteBook 6930p to operate continuously for 24 hours on a single battery charge.
The laptop used in the test is, however, rather different to those that consumers might purchase at the store--at least for now.
The machine is e...
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7 ways to make your laptop battery last longer |
2009-2-25 |
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With the latest portable PCs, working on the move has never been easier, but laptops are still slaves to the National Grid.
You can do practically anything on a modern laptop, but their advanced features drain battery life to the extent that you can only get a couple of hours out of your laptop bef...
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Uber-powerful laptop batteries on the way |
2009-2-25 |
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They last eight times longer than your average battery
A South Korean university has come up with the magic formula to make the humble laptop battery last longer.
Forever a bane for consumers, while gadgets and gizmos have infinitely improved in their quality, battery life has not – mean...
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Boston-Power readies long-lasting laptop batteries |
2009-2-25 |
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Upstart Boston-Power is within months of having its long-lasting batteries shipped in notebook PCs, as it eyes expansion into portable power packs and electric cars.
According to the three-year-old company, its Sonata batteries are able to recharge to 80 percent capacity in 30 minutes, versus two...
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Notebooks, iPods banned on UK flights |
2009-2-25 |
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Air travellers leaving the United Kingdom on Thursday faced the strictest security measures in years: iPods, mobile phones, laptops, and even books and magazines were no longer permitted as carry-on items.
In a series of public statements, government officials in London and Washington blamed the ne...
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Inside a notebook battery pack |
2009-2-25 |
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Ever wondered what exactly is inside your notebook's battery pack? We take the cover off a typical example, and explain how it can, occasionally, burst into flames.
Lithium ion batteries aren't so much popular in modern mobile IT as essential. The unique combination of low mass, small size and high...
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Breakthrough promises 40-hour laptop batteries |
2009-2-25 |
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Stanford researchers have made a discovery that could signal the arrival of laptop batteries that last more than a day on a single charge.
The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable Lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries used in laptops, iPods, video cameras and mobile p...
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Ludicrously priced laptops: Apple, HP, Sony |
2009-2-25 |
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Some laptops, especially ultraportables, brazenly push the envelope on pricing. In the age of the ultra-cheap Netbook, are they really worth the $2,000 to $3,000 price tag? I've listed three egregious offenders and two that fall into the less-scandalous-but-still-snooty pricing category.
HP Voodo...
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Sony recalls 100,000 laptop batteries |
2009-2-25 |
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Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony after 40 reports of overheating, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The recall applies to certain Sony 2.15Ah lithium-ion cell batteries made in Japan and sold around the world in laptops made by He...
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Vista draining laptop batteries, patience |
2009-2-25 |
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Some of Microsoft's most important customers aren't happy with the battery life offered by notebooks running Windows Vista.
"It's a little scary," said John Wozniak, a distinguished technologist in Hewlett-Packard's notebook engineering department, referring to the work HP needed to do o...
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Dell recalls 4m laptop batteries |
2009-2-25 |
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The world's largest manufacturer of personal computers, Dell, is to recall 4.1 million of its notebook computer batteries because of a fire risk.
Most batteries are in computers sold in the US but more than 1 million are thought to be elsewhere.
Dell says it knows of six instances since December ...
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