from power outages - but, the whole time; you're cooking away the life of the battery. Does this mean there's something to those notebook coolers? Maybe! What if your notebook spends all of its time on your desk? Is it best to keep the battery charged and in...

as a complete package for dads or grads who might need a new one. Then to charge all your small gadgets, we look at a neat and very flexible charger that does its charging using a rechargeable battery. Next in line comes a cool Fossil wristwatch that you can...

batteries? Customer: No, but I don't have any rechargeable AAAs lying around. Me: Do you have any regular AAAs? Customer: No. Me: When you place the unit in its docking station, does the charge light come up? Customer: Uh, I better not do that. Me: Why...

to offer our readers and ourselves a brief respite. We'll be back later this week with more about how the Vaio VGN-TX1XP compares to the competition and you'll find out if the unit really runs as long on a single battery charge as Sony claims it does. ...

battery saving mode. This means that the CPU speed changes according to computing demands and, in some cases, battery charge. Though it tends to increase battery life while reducing performance, this is the preferred way to run a laptop on battery and, because...

drive or includes a dedicated external DVD drive that is powered by the computer's battery. Each test uses real world applications and runs from the time the computer's battery reaches full charge and the power plug is pulled until the battery is totally discharged....

battery saving mode. This means that the CPU speed changes according to computing demands and in some cases current battery charge. Though it tends to increase battery life while reducing performance, this is the preferred way to run a laptop on battery and,...

performance terms (Yakumo 98 Wh). In theory at least, the Yakumo system should run longer. The reality, however, is somewhat different. The Inspiron 8600 does run longer on one battery charge but the device falls behind the Mobile Athlon64 notebook when demand...

battery. There are four battery life tests: office productivity, research and reading, DVD playback and wireless Web browsing. Each test uses real world applications and runs from the time the computer's battery reaches full charge and the power plug is pulled,...