Back in August when we started testing the final version of Windows 7, we noticed that several netbooks didn’t last as long on a charge with the new OS installed as with Windows XP. Microsoft claimed that Win 7 notebooks would see longer battery life than Vista, and for the two full-size systems we upgraded [...]

Sony announced a new extended-life PSP battery on Tuesday amid long-standing complaints of the handheld’s limited juice. As reported by PSP Fanboy, the PSP Extended Life Battery Kit will work on both older and newer PSP-2000 models. The new kit promises 20 percent more battery life for older models and 80 percent more life for [...]

In the very near future, we may see batteries that can recharge in just three seconds. Researchers at MIT (where else?) have discovered a method of recharging lithium ion batteries at greatly increased speeds. The best news is that their method uses common materials and therefore could hit the marketplace in as little as two [...]

Laptop owners seeking replacements for recalled batteries will receive priority if they use the Dell special site set up to handle the recall, the company said today. However, users of many Latitude, Inspiron, Precision, XPS, and mobile workstation models may still be stuck with only AC power for a few weeks. Dell has been “cranking [...]

Laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with ZPower set to plug in its new silver-zinc batteries, which it claims last significantly longer than traditional lithium-ion batteries. The APPLE batteries will be available in consumer and business laptops from major PC makers starting in August, according to Ross Dueber, the CEO of [...]

Faulty batteries produced by Sony like those that caused Dell to initiate a huge recall this week could be present in laptops from other companies and other portable electronics products. The Dell recall of 4.1 million batteries, which is being called the largest recall ever in the consumer electronics industry, was ordered after the computer [...]

A fast-charging laptop battery that promises to last at least three years without any degradation in performance is coming to the market as an option with Hewlett-Packard laptops. The Sonata battery is the product of three years of development work by Boston-Power and will be rebranded by HP as the “Enviro” battery and offered from [...]

Does your laptop spend more time on your desk than your lap? If so, you’re probably causing your battery to wear out much sooner than it needs to. See, it’s a sad (and expensive) fact of life: You’re lucky to get 18-24 months from a battery before it loses a good chunk of its charge [...]

Growth of Intel-based Netbooks will slow this year, and the dell laptop battery emergence of “smartbooks” based on chips from Intel rivals will also be poky, according to analysts. Though Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini was upbeat about Netbook growth in 2009 during the chipmaker’s earnings conference call last week, standard laptop shipments will outpace Netbook [...]

The $229 (as of January 11, 2009) Ray, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) pico projector from Ray Designs, features 10 lumens of brightness, a 20,000-hour LED light source, VGA resolution, a 2-hour battery life, and stereo speakers. Measuring 0.7 by 2.3 by 4.4 inches, the 5-ounce (with battery) Ray isn’t much larger than a [...]