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Micro generators pick up power
News A tiny generator a centimetre across and three millimetres high has produced more than a watt of electricity, enough to power a cellphone. The experimental device, created by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is part of a battery...
[November 25, 2004, 14:55]
Bright future for notebooks and pagers
News Notebook manufacturers are tinkering with ways to incorporate two-way messaging that works continuously while laptop computers are in a battery-conserving sleep state. With an interactive pager built in, notebook owners would be able to exchange...
[March 28, 2001, 12:34]
HP investigates Greenpeace toxic claims
News HP and Apple have come top in an investigation into the levels of toxic chemicals used in the production of market-leading laptops. The report released on Monday, and conducted by an independent Danish laboratory, showed that HP's Pavilion dv4000...
[September 20, 2006, 17:45]
Sony will double lithium ion battery output
News According to Japanese reports, the electronics giant will boost capacity to 15 million units by April 1998. As well as notebooks, the units also go into mobile phones and other devices.
[December 12, 1996, 15:04]
Wind-up phone charger lands in UK
News If you've ever had your mobile's battery go flat miles away from the nearest mains socket, your problem is solved. Launched on Wednesday, the Motorola FreeCharge is a wind-up mobile phone charger. The FreeCharge is a joint development between...
[July 17, 2002, 14:51]
Chipmakers to debut low-power Wi-Fi
News Chipmakers Broadcom and Philips Semiconductors are set to announce on Monday smaller and more power-efficient Wi-Fi chips, a move that could revitalise the prospects of the popular 802.11b standard and allow Wi-Fi to be used in a wider variety of...
[September 8, 2003, 12:15]
Samsung Q40 review
Reviews We noted earlier that Samsung provides both standard and extended-life batteries with the Q40 — a 3-cell and a 6-cell unit respectively. Samsung provides two batteries with the Q40: a standard 3-cell unit and an extended-life 6-cell battery that...
[May 9, 2007, 16:29]
AJP notebook steps into 200MHz ring
News The AJP 6200 with 32Mb RAM, 1Gb hard drive, 12.1-inch dual-scan 800 x 600 screen, eight-speed CD-ROM drive and 4Mbits/sec serial infra-red data beaming costs £2,000 + VAT. A model with similar specification but a 12.1-inch TFT screen costs £2,450...
[November 12, 1996, 10:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Batteries are a pain. Wednesday Across the entire history of electronic devices, from the first one-valve wireless to the latest gigahertz laptop, one truth has remained universally acknowledged. They cost a fortune, never work when you need them...
[May 17, 2001, 19:04]
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Talkback AND there not nice people? they wanted 30 quid off me to change from vista to xp the 30 quid was for the driver disk on a new p/c made by them , that wouldn,t run correctly BECAUSE it only had 512 mb ram hence alot of people prefer XP
[December 17, 2009, 12:28]
Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 review
Reviews The ScanSnap S300 — which measures 28.4cm wide by 9.5cm deep by 7.7cm high and weighs 1.4kg — is designed for people who need to digitise documents such as receipts, bank statements, invoices or customer orders.
[January 23, 2008, 9:19]
Are they safe?
Talkback If a battery can be charge very rapidly that implies a high charging current, which would require charger, cables etc.to be capable of working with that current. What happens if such a battery is accidentally discharged by short circuit?
[May 21, 2009, 18:09]
Behind Palm's new network
News Being familiar with the weak points of past attempts at wireless Internet access, PC Week Labs gives IT buyers this assessment of the obstacles to overcome and the inventive technical choices 3Com is making as the company seeks to transform the...
[January 15, 1999, 6:06]
Silicon Valley's green guru
News Rather than stick to his comfort zone in Internet computing, Khosla has turned his eye to clean technology, investing in start-ups involved in solar electric technology, batteries, ethanol and coal gasification.
[October 2, 2006, 12:05]
Nokia 9300: a first look
Talkback Brand new all phones have english language as default all material (software, manual) - car chargers - home chargers - usb data cables - holsters/belt clips - wireless headsets(bluetooth) - leather and non-leather carrying cases - batteries.So...
[August 2, 2006, 14:24]
Photos: Apple unveils new iMacs and apps
News Batteries are included with the wireless version. Three new iMacs were unveiled at an event held on Tuesday at Apple's Californian headquarters. There will be two 20-inch iMacs with different specifications, and a more expensive 24-inch model.
[August 8, 2007, 12:44]
IBM ThinkPad X31 review
Reviews With the dock, the X31 can actually have three batteries installed at the same time: the notebook's main battery, another main battery in the dock, and a battery in the dock's drive bay. Throw in a few power management tweaks, and you'll easily get...
[July 4, 2003, 7:48]
HP wants your data
Blog After admission via a biometric security gate, we saw lots of shiny water pipes, generators, batteries, and even the winking lights of a server or two -- through thick plate glass, natch. Just finished a day at HP's advanced data centre - er...
[May 15, 2009, 17:05]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Batteries as known to the world are covered only for a year of the warrenty. Hi, I work for the same company that is being abused here. Agreed that there is an accent problem but not with all. INfact most of the people i speak with dont even come...
[September 17, 2006, 9:19]
Dust and mirrors bring smart world closer
News Batteries must be very tiny indeed, and while they can be recharged by solar cells or dynamos working from vibrations the power budget can easily be down to nanowatts. Every cranny of the environment could be filled with intelligence if experiments...
[April 9, 2002, 18:54]
