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CNET.co.uk has 208 stories on battery
Nikon announces huge battery recall
News Japanese camera maker Nikon has issued a recall for its lithium-ion battery packs after discovering a potential fire hazard in as many as 710,000 of the devices. The company noted on its Web site that in at least four cases, EN-EL3 rechargeable...
10 November 2005, 9:29
Sony apologises for laptop battery fiasco
News Sony has apologised for the laptop battery recall saga and announced details of the global replacement programme to address customer concerns. Sony said its replacement programme covers all laptop computer battery packs containing the same types of...
27 October 2006, 10:18
New mobile screens cut battery use
News Qualcomm and others are promoting new screen technology for handhelds and mobile devices that can stay on all day without sapping battery life, thanks to the sun or liquids. A new breed of screens for mobile phones, now in development, is getting...
12 June 2006, 11:35
Photos: Vista's battery woes
News Early testers are finding Vista laptops get less battery life than the same machines running Windows XP. As with past versions, users can choose to maximise battery life at the expense of performance, maximise performance or opt for a balanced...
5 June 2006, 10:01
NEC makes eco-friendly battery for data backup
News Japan's NEC is developing a new type of eco-friendly battery designed to help keep PCs and other household equipment working if the lights go out. The device, which NEC calls a high-power organic radical battery, or ORB, is novel for its...
8 August 2005, 9:50
Scientists create paper battery
News The energy source is a hybrid battery and supercapacitor created using carbon nanotubes. The high surface area of these nanotubes can potentially store a large amount of charge, allowing the battery to respond well to peaks of demand.
20 August 2007, 10:30
Mobile Wi-Fi battery life extended
News Shortened battery life in phones using Wi-Fi is an issue that has been "solved" in the latest generation of smart phones, the founder of Internet telephony company Truphone has claimed. Truphone founder and chief executive James Tagg says that the...
13 March 2007, 9:59
Apple discloses battery 'issues'
News The Mac maker has issued a support update on its Web site alerting users to battery "performance issues" and has posted a list of symptoms to enable MacBook users to determine if their machine is affected.
1 May 2007, 10:12
Sony burnt by Dell battery recall
News The massive laptop battery recall programme announced by Dell on Monday is likely to cause significant problems for Sony, analysts believe. Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates, says the problem is caused by impurities within...
17 August 2006, 10:21
Can anything douse the battery flames?
News The materials inside the battery -- mostly zinc, zinc oxide and water -- aren't flammable. The Calfornian start-up is one of a number of companies toiling away at a problem that's no longer obscure, due to Dell's massive laptop battery recall...
16 August 2006, 11:28
Mobile users want longer battery life, not music
News Mobile TV and MP3 players are all very well, according to mobile phone users, but longer battery life is top of their feature wish-list. A survey of global mobile users by research firm TNS found that two-thirds of phone and PDA owners said the...
22 September 2005, 10:30
Virgin Atlantic eases laptop battery ban
News The airline said that if a battery is not on the recall list, the laptop can be used without restriction. If a battery comes from the affected batch as identified by Apple and Dell, it must be removed.
26 September 2006, 10:52
Michael Dell lays battery blame on Sony
News Dell founder and chairman Michael Dell has denied that the way his company constructs its PCs played a part in a spate of battery-related fires. He instead laid the blame entirely with the manufacturer of the battery cells, Sony.
15 September 2006, 10:32
Intel strives for ultra-low power for mobile devices
News Intel's latest rallying cry seems to be "Save the battery! The chipmaking giant announced on Monday a new technique that it said could help cut back on wasted battery power in mobile phones, laptops and other mobile devices by as much as 1,000...
20 September 2005, 9:45
Lithium polymer to power future laptops?
News A battery technology that was touted nine years ago for laptops may finally get its day in the sun. Historically, polymer batteries have not been able to provide the long battery life manufacturers and consumers demand.
8 December 2006, 9:17
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