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No battery-related problems found in Windows 7, says Microsoft

We reported last week on how some users have come forward complaining of battery issues after installing Windows 7. Suspicion has been initially cast on problems with firmware giving erroneous... Read more...

Taiwanese researchers work to make lithium-ion batteries safer

Researchers in Taiwan have created a new polymer they are calling "self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture"--or just STOBA for short. According to them, STOBA can help prevent... Read more...

Laptop batteries that won't die

Laptop batteries were never meant to die. But plenty of CIOs have a different kind of experience. Even when fully charged, a laptop battery might last for half the trip across the country, not even... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Firefox: over 125 million served; IBM sues over flammable laptop batteries;

> IBM sues over counterfeit, flammable laptop batteries. Article> 8GB Asus Eee PC gets spec'd,... Read more...

Toshiba announces third Sony battery recall

Oh, you have got to be kidding me. The latest development in a story that's been going on for so agonizingly long that I've run out of clever ways to introduce it, is that Read more...

Sony battery fiasco flares on: Toshiba joins recall

Like that cut in your mouth that never heals, an old flame you can never seem to forget or a scandal that just won't blow over, Read more...

Dell hit with class action suit over Sony batteries

Thought the exploding laptop battery fiasco was finally over? You wish. While the fires started by Sony batteries may have finally died down, it... Read more...

Recalling what went wrong in 2006

A look back at IT in 2006 yields both laughter and tears, achievements and failures and an in-depth perspective on where things are headed. One of the most interesting, and entertaining, aspects... Read more...