Tag - battery
Just forget those huge recalls of the last year. Now, a MacBook battery went up in smoke when the owner left the lappy for a charge.
As I got closer I realised it was my mac book …. burning! I picked it up and blew on it and swung it around to put...
Boston-Power touts its new battery for laptops to be more efficient than traditional ones in three ways. Firstly, it gets recharged an approximately half the time. Secondly, it offers the same power and finally, it won’t blow up. While the new Sonata...
I was afraid to use my lappy for long hours on the move owing to the fear of killing my battery life. But now, I think I have got a solution to my problem. American Power Conversion has unveiled three new Universal Notebook Batteries including the...
The Gizmodo is reporting that a Macbook Pro of its reader has got a ballooned battery. The battery has been replaced without any hassle in the Apple store but the question remains are we on to something here. The industry was hit very badly by the...
The Antec has announced the availability of it two products that can come handy to a person who is a bit laptop obsessive. Their Notebook cooler S prevents the notebook from overheating while the NP-100 a power adapter has the ability to increase the...
Will Vista eat your laptop batteries Yes! I suppose. Here how it will strain your laptops battery support.
What Microsoft has done is that they have tweaked the Power save mode of the Wi-Fi adapter. While connecting to the hotspots the mode has...
Fujitsu has announced its new LifeBook P1610 Tablet PC that boasts an 8.9-inch touch screen display. One of the main features of the pen based notebook is its 8.9-inch WXGA indoor/outdoor display that features a backlight, which illumines in indoor...
In case, you own an Apple PowerBook Pismo and are a bit disappointed with the battery performance (I don’t think you would be facing such probs but anyways), then Fastmac has come out with a neat solution to make your Pismo’s battery last...
Earlier the battery recall squad members were in simple talks with Sony about the affected batteries. The finger-pointing was quite expected and it has started as Toshiba harshly said that it may ask for the compensation from Sony Corp. regarding the...
Things seem to be getting worse for Fujitsu since it has recalled additional 51,000 Sony-manufactured laptop batteries globally after it made a 287,000 battery recall last week. Well, the count stands at seven after Hitachi joined the poor party. Well,...
After the ill-fated battery explosions and the battery recall of around 8 million notebook batteries using Sony-manufactured lithium-ion cells, a notable laptop battery shortage has been reported along with the inflation of around 15% in the battery...
Considering the gigantic battery recalls and unfavorable explosion incidents, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has let loose some tips on the laptop use to ensure the harmless usage of notebooks, batteries and chargers.
CPSC has urged...
The total counts becomes seven now after the Hitachi moved as a new entrant into the Sony laptop battery recall party. The number of recalled batteries is merely 16,000 Sony manufactured batteries that are shipped mostly to Japan. Even if the count is...
Hardly a few days have passed after AsusTek announced the “second display” notebook design, it has now rolled out the Asus Newport W5Fe laptop that is the first to incorporate the dual-screens. It features an external display that brags a power switch,...
Earlier when Fujitsu joined the battery recall squad, it didn’t reveal the exact number of the battery recall. Now, the news is public that Fujitsu has recalled 287,000 Sony-manufactured notebook batteries. Though the Apple and Dell top the list in...
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