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RSS laptop batteriesPeter Cochrane's Blog: Software - keep it short and sweet
Comment Faster boot-up and response times, fewer crashes and lock-ups will just improve human productivity, while the reduction in energy needs could see smaller batteries and lighter machines. Today my laptop... [07 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Netbooks
Cheat Sheet It means your new best friend will keep going longer and longer before it needs to recharge its batteries - which is really the whole point of keeping connected out and about. OLPC's $100 laptop Well,... [08 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.10.08
Round-Up Anyway, not surprisingly many suggestions offered to Intel and Asus are common to many PC users' wishlists: more powerful batteries, less shiny screens and lighter overall weight. Some have specific desires for... [31 Oct 2008]
Keyboard-free PCs and telepathic laptops? Intel, Asus open to ideas
News Many of the contributors' suggestions are fairly mainstream desires for most PC users: more powerful batteries, less shiny screens, and lighter overall weight. One reader suggested doing away with the... [30 Oct 2008]
Top 10 green gadgets for your office
Photo Green batteries for mobile phones are on the way. This backpack, the Voltaic Generator, can charge your laptop - and any leftover power is housed in the bag's own battery pack. While the tendency for... [14 Oct 2008]
Battery tech can't keep up the portable pace
News Jim Tully, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, also noted in an email interview that the current generation of lithium-based batteries is not developing as fast as what had been observed previously. [15 Sep 2008]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment From Electronics City, the 65km trip to the airport can take three hours, outstripping the charge on most laptop batteries. There were high hopes for Bangalore's multimillion dollar air hub, which opened... [30 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up Our hardy reporters had to cope with tourists, glare on their laptop screens, freak gusts of wind, the terrors of flat batteries and… spiders. Yes, that's right folks - the business and technology site... [11 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up And one of those irritating geezers who sell a squirt of aftershave or perfume, especially if they added printer paper and spare laptop batteries to their armoury of aftershaves and lollies. The Round-Up... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo Below this display is a control for the NiCad batteries that power the boat's systems. In the centre is a large screen powered by a laptop with plotting information. The BT IMOCA 60 is the fruit of a... [02 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment US plane security turns on batteries OK, in my opinion, only a fool would let spare batteries of any size roll around loose in a bag with unknown ways of gradually discharging them - but the risk of... [10 Jan 2008]
US plane security turns on batteries
News The TSA, however, has said it's safe to check in items such as a laptop or iPhone that already have the batteries in place. New rules from the US Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) that... [04 Jan 2008]
Buy one $100 laptop, give one 'free'
News Laptop batteries can be recharged using a rip cord, a crank, a pedal, a car battery, or solar panels - in fact, anything that can produce between 10 and 20 volts of electricity, according to OLPC's chief... [25 Sep 2007]
Photos: Apple shows off new iMacs, software
Photo Batteries are included with the wireless version. He quipped: "I haven't seen anybody request a 24-inch laptop yet. Three new iMacs were unveiled at an event held on Tuesday at Apple's Cupertino,... [08 Aug 2007]
$100 laptop gets set for mass production
News Laptop batteries can be recharged using a rip cord, a crank, a pedal, a car battery, or solar panels - in fact, anything that can produce between 10 and 20 volts of electricity, Jensen said. The One... [24 Jul 2007]
