Category: Tech Info
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Managing battery life for iOS 5 devices instructions
Why wait for Apple’s iOS fix? Here are ways to tackle your power problems Apple’s concession Wednesday that an iOS 5 glitch is behind the battery problems experienced by some iOS devices is welcome news. Not only does it mean help is on the way—Apple promised it was working on a fix—but it also lets…
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Top 5 important things tablets can’t do yet
Tablet computers have actually been on the market for some time. However, it wasn’t until the iPad came out that the tablet format really took off. With the marketing arm of Apple behind it, along with the raging success of the iPhone, the iPad was a shoe-in for a mass-market mobile computing device. Despite all…
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Jelly Battery Can Power Small Electronics
Jelly has long been used to describe many things, including Santa’s belly around the holidays. But it has never been associated with batteries…at least until now. A new battery news posted in Physics touts findings that jelly could become a solution to make less expensive, but equally effective, batteries for small electronics. European scientists have…
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How to Use Disk Defragmenter to Save Your Laptop Battery Power
While laptop battery life diminishes over time from excessive use, there are others factors that can expend the Acer aspire 6935g battery. Loading software, watching videos, listening to music, interacting with media-rich websites, and dealing with viruses can slow down any computer. The performance of all of these processes can lead to the shortened lifespan…
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Top 12 best Android tablets in the world
What’s the best Android tablet for 2011? If you’re looking for a tablet and don’t fancy an iPad, then Android is the way to go. There are other options out there; Windows 7 tablets are available, the BlackBerry PlayBook is on sale now and the HP TouchPad has come and gone in a flurry of…
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Review Dell Latitude XT3 Enterprise-class Laptop
The very sturdy Dell Latitude XT3 is an enterprise-class laptop that comes with a twist: You can quickly fold it into a tablet PC by rotating its screen on its single central hinge. Such so-called convertible PCs often land in large organizations, including those in the health care, education, and law enforcement fields. This kind…
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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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Top 10 new Android features
Google I/O has once again come up trumps, the Big G’s annual San Francisco event delivering some sensational new Android features, as well as plans to push the OS beyond smartphones and tablets. There are even plans to bring the OS into line, as Google looks to stymy fragmentation. Here are our top new Android…
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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…