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New Battery Technology Promises Quarter-hour Charge
News The new technology is based on existing nickel metal hydride (NiMH) chemistry -- the most widespread in general use -- but adds in-battery monitoring and a new basic design. Rechargeable batteries that charge in minutes and last up to four times...
[March 19, 2002, 17:44]
Dead IPod Syndrome - No Volt Found?
Talkback Kurt - no, at some point there'll be a nice standard battery technology that is lighter, cheaper, has a higher power density, is safer, less polluting, longer living and just plain better than anything else.
[January 14, 2004, 10:07]
Twist Of Phosphate Means Better Batteries
News The Austin, Texas-based company announced on Monday that it has developed a new technology that offers longer battery life and will cost less than current lithium-ion batteries. Valence is calling the new technology Saphion, and devices using the...
[February 12, 2002, 10:31]
No Fuel Like An Old Fuel
Leader One looks particularly promising - a new alternative battery technology that could give mobile phones, laptops and other portable electronic devices up to 20 times more time between charges, while having a much longer unit lifetime and impeccable...
[April 13, 2005, 14:40]
Apple Recalls Laptop Batteries
News Apple Computer is recalling 1.8 million batteries that use Sony's battery cell technology, it announced on Thursday. Other notebook manufacturers use Sony's battery cell technology in their products, but several said last week that they had not...
[August 24, 2006, 19:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There are reports abroad of a new battery technology from Toshiba. How many gizmos lie mouldering because the battery’s dead after a year? If you hoik [Thats a technical term for 'carefully remove after fully shutting your computer down, you...
[April 1, 2005, 19:35]
Portable Devices Need High-Performance Battery Chargers
White Papers As a result, there have been great strides in battery technology, with lithium-ion and lithium-polymer among the more popular battery chemistries. In turn, chargers are keeping pace with battery technology, enabling the fullest use of a battery's...
[February 5, 2004, 23:00]
Intel Touts Month-long Battery Life For Mobiles
News Intel on Thursday gave some of the details of a new manufacturing technology that could greatly speed up the chips embedded in mobile handsets and other wireless devices, while extending battery life to as long as a month.
[May 18, 2001, 8:42]
Intel Brings PC Makers Up To SpeedStep
News Intel has settled on a brand name for its battery-saving Geyserville technology, telling PC makers this week that the upcoming mobile Pentium III feature will now be called SpeedStep. The SpeedStep technology, a feature in certain forthcoming...
[September 24, 1999, 10:31]
Toshiba Touts Slimmer, Stronger Batteries
News Unlike other components, which often move speedily from blueprint to saleable good, battery technology often takes years to develop and come to market. Ritch Russ, director of Toshiba's battery division, said Ericsson is using the technology in its...
[February 13, 2001, 13:49]
New Notebooks Save Power
News Called PowerNow, the technology would benefit a portable computer user by granting an extra 30 to 50 percent of battery life, depending on how the technology is implemented, said Martin Booth, product marketing manager for mobile K6 at AMD.
[March 17, 2000, 8:58]
Notebook Fuel Cell A Reality This Year?
News Fuel cells are the next generation of battery technology and are being developed to extend the battery life of mobile devices. Although experts agree that fuel cells have the potential to mark a significant step forward in battery performance, much...
[March 10, 2005, 17:00]
Thin Is In For New Toshiba Notebook
News To that end, Toshiba also employs a lithium-ion polymer battery, which uses technology that is both thinner and flatter than that of standard lithium-ion batteries. It employs the company's new 4.6cm, 20GB hard drive and a lithium-ion polymer battery.
[February 18, 2002, 11:11]
Intel Debuts New Mobile Chips
News Intel touted SpeedStep, which reduced power consumption when it is not needed by the processor, as allowing greater processing power to coexist with reasonable battery life. The Pentium III 850MHz runs at 700MHz in battery-optimised mode, and costs...
[September 25, 2000, 12:55]
Lenovo Recalls Laptop Batteries Over Fire Risk
News Separately, Sony announced that it will initiate its own recall programme involving battery packs using its battery cell technology. The battery problem keeps exploding. Details will be announced later in co-operation with the US Consumer Products...
[September 29, 2006, 8:40]
Comdex '99: Notebooks To Get More Juice
News Better yet, though, it will sport a new technology that reduces its power consumption when it's running on battery power. The technology reduces the mobile Pentium III's core voltage from 1.6 volts on AC power to 1.35 volts when on battery.
[November 18, 1999, 9:33]
Future Portables Go Much Faster All Day, Says Intel
News Both have the potential to double battery capacities without significant increases in size or weight," said Mike Trainor, chief mobile technology evangelist in the mobile platforms group. End users want wireless capability, great battery life, high...
[September 9, 2004, 10:05]
Dell's Axim X5 PDA Gets Top Marks
News The Dell Axim X5 was found to be well-priced, feature-rich and particularly strong on battery life. Especially impressive was battery life -- the machine played MP3s for six hours on a single charge, with another hour of normal usage to spare.
[January 14, 2003, 11:52]
3G Chips Come Armed With Security
News The chip designer has released a new microprocessor blueprint this week at the Microprocessor Forum that includes TrustZone, which is a security technology that prevents hacks and curbs viruses; and Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM), which slows...
[October 15, 2003, 15:00]
Intel: Taking The Internet To Mars, And Beyond...
News Graviton and Crossbow Technologies have begun to develop components and software for the market while researchers are continuing to iron out some of the technical issues, such as battery life and networking standards.
[December 4, 2002, 9:18]
