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Photos: New Apple MacBook learns lessons from the Pro
Photo The unibody construction means the battery is no longer removable - also like the current Pro line-up. Apple updated its MacBook line-up this week. Here's a closer look at the revamped unibody polycarbonate MacBook. [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo The company claims the battery offers six hours of GSM talk time, and 19 days of standby time. The battery will probably outlast you", Lazaridis claimed. According to Lazaridis, the things that really... [21 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet Microsoft has also been working with computer makers to improve system performance in general, including more rapid recovery from problems if they occur, and power-saving features to help extend battery life. [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Second coming for touchscreen BlackBerry
Photo The device runs on the BlackBerry 5.0 operating system and RIM claims the battery will provide between five and six hours of talk time. RIM today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone, the company's... [15 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader
Cheat Sheet Doesn't all that mobile connectivity drain the Kindle's battery? That's exactly what it is.e-book readers are typically small, thin devices - about the size of a paperback novel - that can store hundreds or thousands of... [07 Oct 2009]
Photos: The phones of the future on display
Photo This enables one phone to share its battery's charge with another, or for several to be joined together to form one large television screen. The winner of the Fujitsu Mobile Phone Design Award 2009 was announced this... [06 Oct 2009]
Security, Fault-Tolerance and Their Verification for Ambient Systems
White Paper In contrast to the computers in a normal distributed system, ambient devices are generally small (meaning they have little computing power or memory space), often battery operated and interconnected much more dynamically. [04 Oct 2009]
Self-Encryption Scheme for Data Security in Mobile Devices
White Paper The most challenging part lies in a dilemma: while it should be computationally infeasible for adversaries to decrypt the data, the cryptographic operation should be efficient for legitimate users and minimize battery... [04 Oct 2009]
Reducing the Complexity of Sub-Band ADPCM Coding to Enable High-Quality Audio Streaming From Mobile Devices
White Paper Although the consumer is increasingly demanding higher audio quality, devices such as portable media players and wireless headsets also demand low computational complexity, low power dissipation and practical transmission bit-rates to... [02 Oct 2009]
Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Lead-Acid Battery Options
White Paper The lead-acid battery is the predominant choice for Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) energy storage. Over 10 million UPSs are presently installed utilizing Flooded, Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA), and High Density... [01 Oct 2009]
Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Ventilation
White Paper Ventilation systems must address health and safety as well as performance of the battery and other equipment in a room. Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries and modular battery cartridges (MBC) do... [01 Oct 2009]
Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: VRLA Reliability and Safety
White Paper The Valve Regulated lead-Acid (VRLA) battery is the predominant choice for small and medium-sized Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) energy storage. This white paper explores how the technology affects overall... [01 Oct 2009]
TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter will also discuss data protection enhancements such as Bitlocker and Bitlocker To Go, core security improvements to help secure the desktop platform, and power efficiency improvements to reduce energy costs and improve... [01 Oct 2009]
Dell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News The secondary processor - used mostly in smartphones - also draws much less power than a more robust desktop or notebook processor and so while it's running in the background it doesn't drain the battery as fast: using... [29 Sep 2009]
The PC is past it: Computing power is everywhere, says Intel
News Chip technology used to be focused around speed, size and improved battery life, Otellini noted. At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, chief executive Paul Otellini left attendees with a simple message:... [24 Sep 2009]