Tag: Battery
HP Battery Recall Expanded: How to Find Out if Your Battery is Bad
HP launched a battery recall back in 2009, which covered a broad range of notebooks with the HP and Compaq labels, and now thanks to additional investigations HP is expanding the battery recall to a larger number of notebooks and batteries. Because of the increased recall, HP is asking customers to re-verify that they are using a [...]
Your Next Notebook Battery Will Have More In Common With a Prius Than an Energizer
Battery life is one of the biggest limiting factors for mobile notebook use. Companies are trying to deliver longer lasting and faster charging batteries, but that’s not going to fix the bigger issue of overall battery life measured in years not hours. Leyden Energy is hoping to fix this problem by unveiling a new notebook [...]
External Notebook Battery Review Roundup and Showdown
Notebook battery life can be a big deal, and while many models offer long life and the ability to swap out a battery there are a wide array of external notebook battery solutions that can extend your life even longer. Tom’s Hardware has rounded up and tested 15 external notebook batteries that will help your [...]
Internet Explorer 9 is Most Battery Friendly Browser
With the browser wars heating up again, users have a choice between Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4, Google Chrome 10, Safari 5 and Opera 11 and with that choice the ability to find the browser that meets their needs in terms of features and looks, but also in terms of battery life. While you might [...]
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Caffeine Keeps Your MacBook Display From Dimming [Mac App Review]
MacBooks will automatically dim the display after a short period of inactivity. This automatic dimming is great for battery life, but can be a pain when you want to read a long webpage or PDF. Rather than moving the mouse every so often, you can download a small app called Caffeine which will keep your [...]
Sony VAIO S Lands w/ Sandy Bridge & 15 Hr Battery Option, Starts at $970
Sony announced that the new Sony VAIO S ultraportable is now available for preorder from SonyStyle. The VAIO S was announced at CES 2011 and comes with 2nd Gen Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processor options as well as Intel WiDi 2.0 and the ability to last 15 hours with the optional slice battery. VAIO S [...]
Apple Patents Method of Making Better, Longer Lasting, Batteries
Apple has filed a patent for a better battery, which as more of our gadgets are defined by how long they work, is tantamount to developing a better mouse trap. The magic comes from denser batteries, and unlike when your high school English teacher called you dense, this is a good thing. Broken down to [...]
AA USB: Flash Drive is Also a Battery
We’ve seen batteries that can be recharged over USB but the AA USB takes this concept a step further adding a 4GB flash drive to the battery so that you can keep your data with you and power your battery eating gadgets. The AA USB is the size of a standard AA battery with a built in [...]
HyperMac Fixes Battery to Avoid Apple Litigation
At CES 2011, HyperMac announced a change to the design of their battery packs, which had resulted in legal trouble with Apple when they created an external battery pack that had an Apple MagSafe and iPhone/iPod Dock Connector. An Apple suit, which claimed they were violating the strict licensing policy the company has for third parties [...]
Flash Ain’t Free – MacBook Air Battery Life Cut 33% w/ Flash Installed
Think whatever you will about Steve Jobs, and Apple’s obsession with avoiding Flash, but the numbers don’t lie. At the root of the battle for what plays our movies and serves our ads is the claim that Flash isn’t good for mobile devices because it hurts their battery life. We saw this first on the iPhone and the iPad and [...]
