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Notebook battery maker gets charged up for cars

January 3, 2008 1:00 PM PST

Boston-Power raises $45 million and hatches plans to make batteries for plug-in hybrids.

Data-recovery firm reveals top client mishaps

December 6, 2007 4:49 PM PST

Ant infestations, failed parachute jumps were behind some of the unusual data-recovery jobs faced by computer forensics specialist in 2007.

Can Seagate steer hybrid-drive market?

October 9, 2007 5:18 PM PDT

Price and industry standardization remain barriers to widespread adoption, but the biggest hard-drive maker could force competitors to keep pace.

IBM prints with molecules

September 11, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Researchers have devised a way to print patterns with molecules, precisely arranging particles on a template that can be used like a rubber stamp.

Zap to make electric sedan based on its sports car

June 22, 2007 5:37 PM PDT

Derivative of the Zap-X sport SUV to feature unprecedented combination of efficiency and low cost, carmaker says.

Google, Intel target efficient PC power supplies

June 13, 2007 5:29 PM PDT

An awful lot of juice meant to power PCs never gets used. Tech companies team up to make PCs and servers run more efficiently.

A battery of questions about lithium ion

May 3, 2007 2:00 PM PDT

With no suitable replacement for lithium ion batteries on the horizon, slow progress on this notebook battery technology may have to do.

Microsoft licenses Vista for 'diskless' PCs

April 2, 2007 1:47 PM PDT

Redmond changes contract terms for corporate version of Vista, making way for PCs whose hard drive lives in a data center.

Using steam to cool computers

March 21, 2007 1:26 PM PDT

Celsia Technolgies has come up with a line of components it says cools torrid hotspots better than conventional heat pipes or fans.
Photos: Cool your gadgets with steam

Bike makers take automatic transmission for a spin

March 16, 2007 1:10 PM PDT

New "Coasting" system from Shimano is designed for people who don't exactly see themselves in Tour de France.

SanDisk drops prices with new flash drive

March 14, 2007 11:57 AM PDT

Decline in cost of new drive is chalked up to the drastic pricing reduction experienced by the flash industry.

Here comes the terabyte hard drive

January 6, 2007 5:21 AM PST

With a terabyte drive, consumers can store 250,000 MP3 songs, enough for two solid years of listening without a single repeat.
Photos: Hitachi's terabyte drive

SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

January 4, 2007 9:36 PM PST

Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts, making them less prone to breaking down.

IBM slows down light signals in chips

December 21, 2006 2:58 PM PST

What's the best way for light to travel from point A to point B? The long way, says Big Blue.
Image: Optical signals delayed

Start-up touts less-risky notebook batteries

December 20, 2006 2:32 PM PST

Lithium ion technology got burned in the summer's recall season, but Boston-Power says it has a better way to deliver the power.

NTT DoCoMo recalls cell phone batteries

December 8, 2006 6:09 PM PST

Exploding-battery problem hits cell market as Japanese mobile operator recalls lithium ion batteries used in some handsets.

The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer

December 8, 2006 12:10 PM PST

Technology first discussed years ago might power your next laptop, replacing the fire-hazardous, but commonly used, lithium ion.

Revving up for the all-electric SUV

November 30, 2006 8:38 PM PST

Can the electric car evolve from the golf cart stage? Yes, thanks to battery technology, say electric sport-utility truck makers.

Is Sony eating hundreds of dollars on each PS3?

November 17, 2006 2:41 PM PST

The game console might cost you $499, but it's got $806 worth of parts and manufacturing behind it, a research firm says.

Dell bucks the notebook-outsourcing trend

November 10, 2006 9:26 PM PST

The PC industry buys its notebooks fully assembled, but Dell likes to put the pieces together in-house, even though it costs more.