Tag: BATTERY LIFE

A growing contingent of new laptop users are experiencing extremely poor battery performance, and complaining about it loudly online. The thing is, the problem doesn't seem limited to be any one laptop manufacturer, or even any one battery manufacturer. It's starting to look like the only common denominator for the users experiencing problems is Windows 7. While it's still too early to say with ...

Mozilla's long-awaited mobile version of Firefox has finally been released, albeit only for Nokia's Maemo (what used to be code-named Fennec) platform. Like the desktop version of Firefox, version 1.0 of Firefox for Mobile looks to set itself apart from other mobile browsers with the inclusion of browser add-ons. Mozilla's Weave Sync add-on is already available for Firefox for Mobile, and in the ...

If you use your laptop primarily for web browsing, the browser you choose could make a difference in how long your battery lasts. AnandTech tested out the latest versions of the most popular Windows browsers on three different laptops, and it turns out that - when it comes to battery endurance, anyway - IE 8 is the champ. It yielded 5 to 10 minutes of additional battery life compared to ...

Finding the proper balance in your power management scheme can be challenging; sometimes you need all the horsepower you can get, while other times battery life is your top priority. If you find yourself regularly navigating to your power management settings as your priorities change, you might benefit from being able to create hotkeys that will instantly switch you to a different power management ...

If you find your battery life sapped when away from your desk due to all the bells and whistles contained within Vista, Liehacker may have your solution. Vista Battery Saver disables most of the energy hogs contained within Vista when you unplug, leaving your battery with a little breathing room, and you with a little more time to work. [via Lifehacker] ...

Battery Eater Pro is an application that exists solely for the purpose of making life hell for your portable computer's battery. Rather than giving you a best case scenario prediction of the battery life in your notebook, Battery Eater Pro uses every power-hungry option to try to drain your battery as fast as possible. This is in many ways a better benchmark, since it's consistently repeatable, ...

Modern computers have power-hungry, but often configurable CPUs that adjust speed based on the manner in which it is being used. Nowhere is this more evident than in portable computers, and more critical to control. Although processor makers and OEM computer makers try their best to put together power management schemes to meet the needs of the average user, often it can be frustrating to notice ...

If, like me, you run a Windows XP-based laptop and wonder why your battery life doesn't seem to be as good as it ought to be, or as it used to be, it could be that you lost some battery life when updating to Windows XP SP2. It turns out that there's a bug that can cause XP to leave your USB2 ports powered even when they don't need to be, which forces the operating system to not drop into the ...