Laptop Battery
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How lame is lithium ion?
Insight commentary Now a start-up called ZPower says it's come up with a battery technology breakthrough which it claims will result in 40 percent longer laptop life than lithium-ion on a single charge.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets, Battery, PC Company, Notebook, San Francisco, lithium-ion, Laptop Computer, power management, laptop battery
Look out for hybrid hard drives
Insight Scott Lowe explains the potential of hybrid hard drives to reduce storage power consumption for Microsoft Vista and beyond.
Tags: Storage, Personal storage
The promise and peril of video sharing
Insight YouTube is careful to avoid the mistakes that utimately torpedoed Napster.
Tags: Video
Boston-Power readies long-lasting laptop batteries
News After three years of development, upstart Boston-Power is expected to announce a customer that will include its premium batteries in laptops early next year.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets, Green IT, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Manufacturing, electric car, Notebook, Boston-Power, performance
HP laptop batteries recalled for overheating
News About 70,000 batteries sold with HP laptops are subject to overheating, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission . Two have caught on fire, but no injuries are reported.
Tags: Components, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Compaq Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, laptop battery, California, Components, Sony Corp.
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Looking for power?
Blogs Working wirelessly sounds like a terrific idea--until you run out of power for your laptop, PDA or mobile phone. Here ar...
Sony apologizes for laptop battery fiasco
News Company also announced details of the global replacement programme to address customer concerns.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets
What to pack when travelling
Blogs This week, I'm bringing The M Files halfway across the globe from sunny Singapore to rainy Seattle. Here's what I packed...
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Storage, Mobile
Sony singed by Dell battery recall
News Recalling faulty batteries from Dell customers could cost Sony more than US$223 million, but that figure would rocket if the problem spreads.
Tags: Components, Financial
Sony plans its own battery recall
News Consumer electronics giant is working with product safety agency to figure out "the widest scope" of alert.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets
Intel to chart new notebook territory
News Intel will try a new tactic to improve laptop battery life when it comes out next year with "Banias," its first chip designed from the ground up to power notebooks.
Start-up looks to extend battery life
News ZPower promising 40 percent longer battery life with its silver-zinc battery, which will make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year.
Tags: Components, Battery, lithium-ion, financial, disk, technique, Components, ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life
Symbian forecasts the death of the PC
News Foldable screens, new input technology mean smart phones could soon kill off the PC, Symbian executives say.
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
