Category: Battery Technology
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Windows 8 Tablets Could Seriously Challenge the New iPad
Now that the new iPad has been revealed, everyone’s chiming in on whether it’s a disappointing incremental upgrade or a fantastic breakthrough. None of that matters to its success, of course. If every single previous iPhone and iPad product launch is any indication, Apple is going to sell truckloads of these things no matter what…
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Apple MacBook laptop batteries susceptible to hack attacks
Now that Apple has endowed the Mac operating system with state-of-the-art security protections, a researcher has devised new attacks that target the machine’s battery. Charlie Miller, well known for his numerous attacks on iPhones and Macs, may not have achieved his ultimate objective of making a Mac spontaneously combust, but he has figured out how…
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How to Keep Your Laptop Battery and Smartphone Battery Going and Going
If you’re a recent convert to smartphones, you’re probably still discovering all the amazing things that your new BlackBerry, Android phone or iPhone can do. But one thing you most likely found out right away: the more you do, the shorter your phone’s battery lasts. While a standard cellphone’s charge can easily go three days…
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Apple’s own version of NFC incoming
Apple preparing own rival to NFC? Apple isn’t one to adopt new tech just for the sake of it, and it looks like that’s not going to change anytime soon. The Cupertino company refused to use NFC for its Passbook app in iOS 6 due to the fact it’d sap the iPhone’s battery life, according…
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Inside a Lithium-ion Battery Pack and Cell
Lithium-ion battery packs come in all shapes and sizes, but they all look about the same on the inside. If you were to take apart a laptop battery pack (something that we DO NOT recommend because of the possibility of shorting out a battery and starting a fire) you would find the following: …
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New Battery Technology Promises 10X Charge Life of lithium-ion Batteries
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a lithium-ion electrode that they say will allow conventional Li-ion batteries to hold a charge 10 times greater than current battery technology. If true, that would theoretically allow electronic devices that use the technology about ten times the battery life that they use today, a key advantage for gadgets…
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Holiday Gift Guide: Fashionably Tech
There’s nothing I love more than my tech stuff and I know most ladies do too. This Holiday Gift Guide focuses on some of the best tech goods and accessories for the fashionable gal. To start us off, what could be better than a new HP Mini 210 that comes in a variety of candy…
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Better Cell Phone Batteries on the aussiebattery
There is nothing more frustrating than a cell phone battery that is dying, or dead. But, new battery technology will enhance battery performance giving it extra life. In fact, it might extend the battery by 54% of its use. The smartphone and certain WiFi mobile gadgets have the capacity to use a “subconscious mode.” This…