Fuel Cell
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Power boosts beyond battery advances
News In the face of slow progress in battery technology, PC makers are increasingly working on device components to extend battery life for laptop users.
Tags: Components, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Notebook, phone, performance, energy efficiency, Dell Computer Corp., Components, Sony Corp.
Can anything tame the battery flames?
Insight A short circuit inside a lithium ion battery can lead to what's known in the industry as a "runaway thermal reaction". Michael Kanellos looks at the technology and safety issues.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets
Motorola steps on the gas for cell phones
News Motorola researchers announced Tuesday that they have successfully demonstrated a methane gas-powered fuel cell, which can provide enough juice between chargings for a month of cell phone calls.
MTI Micro partners for fuel cell ultra-mobile PC
News Rather than look for an electrical outlet in the airport, you can pull out a liquid methanol cartridge to charge your ultra-mobile PC, if this partnership pans out.
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Ultramobile PC, consumer electronics company, carbon dioxide, blog, data center, PC, Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets
Motorola shows disaster-proof networking
News Company announces a new range of disaster and security proof communication devices and is said to be a hit in Asia.
Tags: Network security, Disaster recovery, Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure, Security, Motorola Inc., India, Hong Kong, Broadband, software
Data center gets highest green building rating
News ADC says it will be the first to get the highest green building certification for a data center. Its secret cooling ingredient? Outdoor air.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., billing, data center, leadership, technique, tenant, incentive, president
Developing markets fuel cell phone sales
News A recent Gartner report shows that sales in emerging markets helped boost overall mobile handset sales 13.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Sales/revenue, India, Gartner Inc., Sales, phone, Emerging Market, food, NPD Group Inc.
IBM pours a shot of methanol for ThinkPads
News Prototype designed by Big Blue and Sanyo could produce eight hours of power for the notebooks.
Toshiba to showcase fuel cell prototype
News Toshiba next week plans to exhibit a fuel cell prototype that it said has the potential to replace environmentally taxing, rechargeable batteries with clean-energy technology.
Hydrogen fuel cells power Fujitsu data center
News Hydrogen is the alternative fuel everyone hates--but apparently it works, according to Fujitsu.
Tags: Data centers, Power supplies, surge suppression
Start-up redesigns fuel cells
News U.S.-based Neah Power Systems says it can make fuel cells out of silicon, a shift that would boost their performance while making them easier to manufacture.
Samsung turns to mobile phone fuel cells
News Fuel cells have been one of the great undelivered promises in the IT space in recent years, but this hasn't deterred Samsung from announcing plans to create mobile phones that utilize the technology.
Tags: Components, Cellular phones
Membrane could rev up fuel cell industry
News Start-up PolyFuel has commercially released a membrane for creating fuel cells for laptops and cell phones, a milestone in the budding fuel cell industry.
Toshiba claims fuel cell breakthrough
News The latest prototype fuel cell is about the size of a thumb and could be commercially deployed within two years.
Why it's been a harsh summer
Blogs Sorry about the hiatus. I was away, on a vacation. It's been a crazy summer, back here in India. In Delhi, for insta...
