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Comment A typical high-end product is Sony's flagship VAIO TZ150N weighing just over 1kg with an 11-inch screen. However, both these machines have a battery life about half that of the Asus. Performance also falls a little short of the competition but it... [04 Jun 2008]
PSP Hacks: Make a Battery Pack for Your PSP
White Paper The transformer in the PSP's AC/DC converter adjusts the regular household voltage down to a whopping five volts, which trickles slowly into the PSP, charging the internal, Sony-supplied battery. Why don't they beef up this voltage into the machine... [17 Oct 2007]
Apple reveals battery "issues"
News Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries last year citing a risk of overheating due to Sony's battery cell technology. Hitachi, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba also recalled devices in late 2006. The Mac maker has issued a support update on its website... [30 Apr 2007]
205,000 ThinkPad batteries recalled by Lenovo
News In September, Lenovo also recalled a series of Sony batteries used in ThinkPad computers. Lenovo is offering a free replacement battery. About 100,000 of the recalled Sanyo Electric battery packs were sold in the US, with 105,000 more sold worldwide. [02 Mar 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Stories of the year
News It all began in August when Dell issued a recall of 4.1 million overheating Sony batteries - only to be followed by nearly every other major laptop maker. Two months later Sony admitted defeat and launched a recall of its own - bringing the total... [20 Dec 2006]
Start-ups cash in on 'exploding' battery recalls
News But recent battery-induced accidents and fires have prompted massive, multimillion-dollar recalls and tarnished the reputation of giants including Sony and Dell. So what is Boston-Power doing differently from Sony, Panasonic and Samsung, the main... [20 Dec 2006]
Unwired: The tiny screen problem
Comment The Sony Mylo is the handheld media player which your children covet, with wi-fi, Skype and instant messaging built in, reaching our shores during 2007. As our converged devices have become smaller, tech vendors have been battling some weighty but... [12 Dec 2006]
Photos: Top 10 mobile design classics
Photo Before the worlds of Sony and Ericsson collided, Ericsson made some devices all on its own, including this pretty little phone, the T10. By larding the flip-down section with buttons, it allowed the R380 to have additional screen size - a trick... [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Get your Bluetooth into 007's style
Photo This timepiece, the MBW-100 from Fossil and Sony Ericsson, allows you to accept calls or select MP3s on your phone and will even warn you if you're about to walk off without your mobile. Photo credit: Fossil and Sony Ericsson [20 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Exploding' battery recall won't harm laptop-makers
News The massive 'exploding' Sony battery recall will not have any significant impact on the choice of future laptop suppliers, according to UK IT chiefs. Sony, whose battery division will be affected for some time, will not suffer from customers moving... [03 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.10.06
Round-Up Still on the subject of reader comments, we received a very 'interesting' one this week on the issue of Sony's (potentially) explosive laptop batteries and the massive battery recall. This is a case of thunderbolts sent forth by the big man... [27 Oct 2006]
Sorry: Sony apologises for laptop battery fiasco
News Sony has apologised for the laptop battery recall saga and announced details of the global replacement programme to address customer concerns. Sony said its replacement programme covers all laptop computer battery packs containing the same types of... [26 Oct 2006]
Sony laptop-battery recall grows and grows
News In conjunction with Sony, the CPSC determined that the battery recall is limited to laptop computers and does not affect other electronic devices with batteries made by Sony, said Julie Vallese, the CPSC's director of information and public affairs. [24 Oct 2006]
Sony recalls own batteries - Toshiba to sue?
News Sony is recalling 90,000 of its Vaio laptop batteries across China and Japan following recent battery recalls from other laptop makers. The Sony battery recall is isolated within Japan and China but the analyst said he "can't believe it's not a... [17 Oct 2006]
Intel hit with energy-efficiency patent suit
News Although the company landed early deals with Fujitsu and Sony when Crusoe arrived in 2000, it did not live up to its goals. It claimed its Crusoe processors would be able to run the same software as Intel chips but gobble up less electricity, thus... [12 Oct 2006]
