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Energy researchers show off innovations

Energy researchers show off innovations

...What's the best battery chemistry after lithium ion batteries? PolyPlus Battery is working on lithium air... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Martin LaMonica
Top five laptops for <endeca_term>battery</endeca_term> life in 2011

Top five laptops for battery life in 2011

...Presented here are the top five 2011 laptops for battery life, as measured by ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News in... Read more

27 December, 2011 by Dan Ackerman
Nokia Lumia 800 <endeca_term>battery</endeca_term> fix arrives

Nokia Lumia 800 battery fix arrives

...Nokia is rolling out a fix for the Lumia 800's battery problem, which should be arriving on all devices in the next two... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Luke Westaway
Samsung debuts Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Note

Samsung debuts Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Note

...is similar to that of the iPad, saying it had not "sacrificed battery life for its ultra-thin design". The company was unable to provide... Read more

2 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

HP battery recall programme hits more laptops

...HP has recalled over 160,000 laptop batteries in the US after reports of burn injuries, smoke inhalation and fire... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Samsung aims for all-day battery life on phones

...go to bed, we don't want you feeling anxiety about your battery life," he said in an interview at CES 2012. While smartphones are... Read more

13 January, 2012 by Roger Cheng

Termite-inspired batteries run on shredded paper

...Sony has shown off a bio-battery prototype that gets its power from shredded paper. Sony has shown off... Read more

22 December, 2011 by Bonnie Cha
Low power extends <endeca_term>battery</endeca_term> and human life

Low power extends battery and human life

...all day, the medical industry is realising the importance of a longer battery life in helping medical professionals offer better care. Patient details are now... Read more

6 November, 2010 by Ian Ferguson
Energy storage systems push boundaries

Energy storage systems push boundaries

...Energy (DOE) are investing in new energy storage technologies. Here is a battery system from Xtreme Power, which is supplying batteries to smooth out the... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Free Android apps suck power for adverts, research finds

...New research suggests that up to 75 percent of free Android apps' battery use is spent on adverts and other hidden tasks. On Sunday, New... Read more

19 March, 2012 by Rich Trenholm

Electrode material holds promise of 30-year batteries

...of a new electrode material they claim holds promise for grid storage batteries that can work for 30 years without a dramatic decline in performance... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Laptop batteries pose security risk, researcher says

...security threat to people's laptops comes from an unexpected source: its battery. The latest security threat to a user's laptop could come from... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

iPad 2 teardown exposes larger battery

...on the device. A teardown of the iPad 2 shows a bigger battery and a device that is harder to repair. Photo credit: iFixit iFixit... Read more

14 March, 2011 by Stuart Dredge

Hybrid storage to combine battery and ultracapacitor

...device that combines the attributes of an ultracapacitor with a lithium-ion battery. Ultracapacitors are the unsung cousins of batteries in energy storage. Credit: Ioxus... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Martin LaMonica
<endeca_term>Battery</endeca_term> 2.8

Battery 2.8

Battery is a small but elegant utility app that helps you to monitor... Read more

4 April, 2012

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

5 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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