6 Tips for Getting Maximum Shelf Life for Your Laptop Battery

The more time you spend on your laptop, the more you’ll appreciate and understand the importance of its battery life. The truth is, regardless of how much your laptop is capable of, it’s only as good as the battery that keeps it powered. With that in mind, here are 6 very important things you should [...]

New MacBook to Feature 10-hr. Battery Life

The mere thought of 10 hr. battery life on a laptop will bring a smile to almost anyone’s face. Apple of course is well aware of this, which is why it has apparently created the latest version of their MacBook with the same lengthy amount of battery life as the recently released MacBook Pro.

Intel Set to Deliver 10-day Battery Life for Mobile Phones by End of Year

Forget 3, 4, or even 5 day battery life for cellular phones. If Intel delivers on a new promise, it could mean as much as ten days of standby on smartphones, as well as two days of audio playback.
As noted by xIntelecom, An Atom-based platform, known as ‘Moorestown’, has been announced by the firm, [...]

iPad Reviews: Exceptional Battery Life, Potential Laptop Killer

Just days away from the highly-anticipated release of the Apple iPad, reviews of the device are all over the place. And while Steve Jobs’ latest gadget is being called everything from “absurd” to “the laptop killer”, most seem to agree that the battery life of the iPad will meet and even exceed initial expectations-

Sony’s Active Shutter 3D Glasses: Cost? Battery Life?

The upcoming June release of Sony’s new active shutter 3D glasses will bring answers to a lot of the questions surrounding Sony’s 3D strategy. While it will take some time after the initial release to get helpful information on the type of viewing experience the glasses will provide, Sony has already started shedding some light [...]

Boeing Awards Multi-Million Dollar Lithium Ion Contract to Saft Batteries

The world’s largest airplane manufacturer has recently placed a multi-million dollar order with Saft Batteries. The hefty contract from Boeing calls on Saft to deliver high-performance lithium-ion batteries for the first order for Boeing’s 702B series satellite, a medium-level power satellite with six to 12kW of on-board power. The order is the first under Saft’s [...]

Steve Jobs Speaks: Apple’s iPad Enjoys 10 Hr. Battery Life

Already the subject of much discussion, the battery that will power Apple’s highly anticipated iPad has been once again thrust in the limelight. This time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself jumped in on the conversation.
A blogger from the “online authority for government IT professionals”-site GCN (Government Computer News) had recently wondered aloud that 10 hrs. [...]

Juice Defender for Android: Saving Your Precious Smartphone Battery Power

When it comes to smartphone batteries, there’s always more you can do to ensure you’re getting the most that you can out of each and every charge. By controlling the device data connection and/or WiFi on your smartphone, JuiceDefender by Latedroid does exactly that.
The basic concept behind JuiceDefender is that by intelligently toggling wireless data [...]

Simply Put: Windows 7 Not Responsible for Battery Issues

When buzz started being generated throughout online communities that Windows 7 may be causing premature battery degradation(causing batteries to die quicker than they should), Microsoft took the bull by the horns and began investigating. A spokesman from Microsoft stated at the time that it could possibly be a problem in communication between the BIOS and [...]

Logitech Unleashes Wireless Desktop MK710 With 3-Year Battery Life

The one major issue that comes with going the way of using a wireless mouse or keyboard is the need for batteries. Depending on how much you use your computer, this could end up being costly enough to make you seriously reconsider the idea. However, with the new Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 and it’s alleged [...]