laptop battery news from FierceCIO

Analysts at Gartner sounded the death knell for the laptop late last week, charging that the machines aren't well-suited to the needs of the social-networking crowd. It's only a matter of time before Read more...

It's time to check the batteries on your office laptops. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. Read more...

Last month, we reported on a laptop battery shortage, casued by a fire at a South Korean chemical plant owned by LG, the

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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...

The growing concern over the increased heat produced by heftier computing devices has landed one vendor in court and has sparked an industry-wide discussion on the safety factor involved with the Read more...

Panasonic is showing some business acumen and ingenuity in designing a new lithium battery that won't catch fire the way some of Read more...

There's been quite a bit of news on how the massive laptop battery recall is hurting Sony and other Read more...

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Given the fact that laptop batteries were the cause of the largest recall of a consumer electronics product in Read more...

> Another laptop battery flares up. Article > More business apps are moving onto the cell phone. Read more...