Category: battery news
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Lenovo will overtake HP to lead the world PC market
Lenovo’s 2012 Q2 global PC shipments figure at 12.8 million, came close to matching current leader HP’s 13 million units, thanks to a 15 percent increase compared with the same period of last year, according to a recent Gartner’s research. “It’s just a matter of time before Lenovo becomes number one and it won’t be…
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Lithium Ion Batteries Baby Steps: 3-Year Warranty Laptop Battery
The next-generation of lithium-ion batteries aren’t just here to power the first wave of electric cars and remake the power grid; they’ll be providing better energy storage for our gadgets and computers, too. On Monday, venture capital-backed lithium-ion battery player Leyden Energy(formerly called Mobius Power) is launching a replacement lithium-ion laptop battery for laptops that…
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Processor Price List: Intel’s dual-core Atom N550 costs $ 86
Processor Price List: Intel’s dual-core Atom N550 costs $ 86 Intel has its processor price list updated, now including the recently announced dual-core CPU Atom N550 contains. Accordingly, costs of the 1.5 GHz speed, on netbooks targeted at chip in quantities of 1000 pieces $ 86. By comparison, the best-selling atomic models N450 and N270…
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Dell upgrades business laptops an Ivy Bridge makeover
Dell has given its entire business PC line an Ivy Bridge makeover, with the launch of eight new Latitude laptops and four Optiplex desktops running on Intel’s third generation Core processors. Speaking at Dell’s Technology Camp event in London, the company’s vice president of End User computing, Erik Dithmer, said that the new products were…
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New iPad maintains 10 hours battery life
Graphics-savvy iPad maintains battery life Leveraging its efficient chip design, Apple says the latest iPad batteries can still run for 10 hours, like the iPad 2, and for nine hours on the 4G LTE cellular network. Even with a big boost in display resolution, the latest iPad will still have 10 hours of battery life…
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USBCell does away with battery chargers
A brand new battery – USBCell does away with battery chargers Look Ma, no charger! Today at DEMOfall, the CEO of Moixa Energy Simon Daniel (a quirky physics PhD from the UK) dropped a bag full of chargers on stage. He kicked them away and pulled out of his pocket the marvel created by his…
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Samsung Offering Galaxy Nexus With Free Extended Life Battery
Samsung are offering the Verizon Galaxy Nexus with a free extended battery, and the handset is available for $299.99 when you sign up to a new contract with Verizon Wireless. The extended battery is available when you buy the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon from Samsung Direct, although you may be able to find the handset…
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Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Mobile Computing
Researchers at Stanford University have just made a major breakthroughthat may impact the technology industry for years to come: they’ve built a better battery. The project, an attempt to use lithium-sulfur in place of the lithium-ion technology that is used in batteries today, has been in development since 2007. Recently, the scientists’ efforts were rewarded…
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How to replace your iPhone battery
Replace iPhone Extended Life Battery Instructions If your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS is no longer holding a charge, and always running out of power, replacing the extended life battery is a moderate level DIY repair. If you’ve got the right tools and parts, it shouldn’t be too difficult to swap out that old battery…
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Vizio turns to laptop computers with ultrabook, laptop and all-in-one pc
Vizio has launched its range of ultrabooks, all-in-one desktop computers and a laptop, which it first revealed during CES 2012. Vizio leapt into the PC market during CES 2012 with a range of good-looking hardware, promising price tags that would put its competitors to shame. The company didn’t provide much more information during the show, but said…