A Better Battery for Laptops
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Boston-Power ramps up production of its long-lasting battery.
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Smaller, lighter and cheaper is the order of the day for laptop vendors as they struggle to find new types of devices that will appeal to users.
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Battery backups can save your butt during a blackout, but they're usually pretty pricey. Best Buy has one on sale for $29.99.
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Battery making start-up Boston Power is more than tripling production of its Sonata laptop battery, a device that offers faster charging and longer life than conventional lithium-ion batteries, it is due to announce Thursday.
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Global recall total pushes past 7.6m Fujitsu has become the latest notebook computer manufacturer to ask its customers to send back batteries made by Sony. Acer may be about to do the same.â¦
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Krishna Palem thinks introducing a little uncertainty into computer chips could extend battery life in mobile devices--and maybe the duration of Moore's Law, too.
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In the wake of two massive recalls of laptop batteries, Matsushita has announced it is recalling 6,000 batteries in its Panasonic laptops, as loose springs on the battery cover can enter the battery, which can result in overheating when dropped or mishandled.
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Investor's Business Daily - Nanotechnology may soon improve battery life, according to Stanford researchers, who demonstrated how it can make lithium batteries -- popularly used to power iPods, laptops and cell phones -- last 10 times longer. The new method using silicon nanowires could yield an option for electric cars or solar panels to store more electricity. The researchers said the lab technique could be scaled up for mass production and are considering forming a company or agreement with a battery manufacturer.
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A new device recharger debuts, along with products that could take advantage of it.
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Boston Power is ramping up production of its Sonata laptop battery, which charges faster and lasts longer than lithium-ion batteries.
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Sony's laptop battery woes got even worse Friday, as one computer maker announced a new recall and two others expanded their already existing recalls of batteries made by the Japanese manufacturer.
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Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.
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For travelers in search of an open power outlet for their laptops or cellphones at airports now have another option.
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The computer maker recalls laptop batteries that could overheat. Yikes.
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Major recalls of laptop batteries highlighted hazards that could give a market boost to thin-film batteries, which are less vulnerable to overheating and catching fire.
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Flashy new OS features could drain laptop batteries faster than XP, hardware vendors and analysts say.
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Can you sip solar energy to juice your electronics? Yes, for smaller gadgets and batteries, but laptops are trickier.