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A joke of laptop, is a laptop a male or femail?

Recently, a group of computer scientists (all males) announced that laptops should also be referred to as being female.

| Opinion | Hardware | 10/28/08 at 9:06 pm |


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Discount! Repacement for 11.1V, 4400mAh, Li-ion ibm thinkpad r50e Laptop battery

Replacement for 11.1V, 4400mAh, Li-ion ibm thinkpad r50e Laptop battery Battery Type : Li-ion Voltage : 11.1V Capacity : 4400mAh Color : Black Dimension : 205.12x59.10x21.10mm Net Weight : 433.75 g

| Product review | Hardware | 10/28/08 at 8:56 pm |


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Battery tests: The new MacBook and MacBook Pro

Battery life is a key aspect of a laptop, especially to travelers who don't have easy access to a power outlet. Here's how the MacBook and MacBook Pro performed.

| Product review | Hardware | 10/22/08 at 9:51 am |


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Top 15 Ways to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Life

Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up. How do you keep your battery going for as long as possible? Here are 15 easy ways to do so.

| How-to | Hardware | 10/19/08 at 8:43 pm |


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Experts said the laptop batteries are unsafe

Aug 1st,2007, Masataka Wakihara, Professer of Tokyo University of Science, said that the essential technology of Li-on batteries which are used to Laptops and cell phones is unsafe, it need to be redesigned. There's potential dangers at the essential technology of the most Li-on

| Tip | Hardware | 10/06/08 at 2:10 am |


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I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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