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- Notebook batteryInfo (rar)
- Notebook BatteryInfo displays the mobile computer battery charging capacity. By default Windows has only a small battery icon in the Taskbar as capacity display. BatteryInfo places a battery symbol panel left beside the Taskbar Icon area. The battery symbol can display additional information like current power consumption or the remaining...
- Tags: Notebook, Battery, Thomas Michel, BatteryInfo, Engineering
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Photos: Flying on a wing and a battery
- As an electric glider is set to hit the market, progress is being made toward mass-produced, personal, electric aircraft that enthusiasts hope will become the greenest form of transportation.Electric-powered commercial jets may still be a figment of the imagination, but smaller electric aircraft are already making it to market. Taurus...
- Tags: news, jets, green, transportation, Battery, Aircraft, Photograph, Antares 20E', Lavrand, Seeley, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-02
- Cracking Open the Sony PlayStation Portable
- Follow along as we disassemble Sony's popular hand-held gaming system--the PlayStation Portable. by Anthony Sullivan
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, cracking open, geekend, off topic, Screw, Screen, Battery, Ribbon Cable, Engineering
- Image galleries 2008-04-22
- Adaptive battery Life Extender
- When it comes to mobile computing, battery life is very important. Since a major user of battery power is the disk drive, it makes sense to ensure that the disk drive uses as little power as possible. That's why Adaptive Battery Life Extender was invented. And that's why the latest...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Battery, Engineering
- White papers
- BLAM: An Energy-Aware MAC Layer Enhancement for Wireless Adhoc Networks
- In wireless adhoc networks channel and energy capacities are scarce resources. However, the design of the IEEE 802.11 DCF protocol leads to an inefficient utilization of these resources. This paper introduces BLAM, a new Battery Level Aware MAC protocol, which is developed from an energy-efficiency point of view to extend...
- Tags: Aware, IEEE 802.11, MAC, Battery, Protocol, University Of Pittsburgh, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers
- Context-Aware battery Management for Mobile Phones: A Feasibility Study
- This paper proposes a system for context-aware battery management that warns the user when it detects that the phone battery can run out before the next charging opportunity is encountered. At the heart of this system, are algorithms that predict; when the next charging opportunity will be available; how much...
- Tags: Aware, Phone, Mobile, Battery, Cell Phone, Engineering
- White papers
- Exploiting MMS Vulnerabilities to Stealthily Exhaust Mobile Phone's battery
- As cellular data services and applications are being widely deployed, they become attractive targets for attackers, who could exploit unique vulnerabilities in cellular networks, mobile devices, and the interaction between cellular data networks and the Internet. This paper demonstrates such an attack, which surreptitiously drains mobile devices' battery power up...
- Tags: Phone, MMS, Battery Power, Mobile, Network, Vulnerability, Paging, Battery, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing
- White papers
- Dynamic Power Management Using Feedback
- The increasing speed and complexity of the microprocessor has brought about a corresponding increase in power consumption. Coupled with relatively small gains in battery capacity over recent years, the importance of intelligent battery management has become paramount. This paper presents a mechanism that takes advantage of feedback about power consumption...
- Tags: Power Management, Power Consumption, Battery, Engineering
- White papers
- Energy Consumption in Data Analysis for On-Board and Distributed Applications
- Energy consumption is an important issue in the growing number of data mining and machine learning applications for battery-powered embedded and mobile devices. It plays a critical role in determining the capabilities of a broad range of applications such as space probes with onboard scientific missions, PDA-based monitoring of remote...
- Tags: Data Analysis, University Of Maryland, Battery, Energy Consumption, Engineering, PDAs, Databases, Handhelds, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- Leading battery Maker Consolidates Its New SAP Landscape on HP Integrity
- Situated in Vitoria, the capital of the Basque country in northern Spain, Grupo Cegasa started business as a battery manufacturer in 1934. Effective Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are vital to Grupo Cegasa and it had a number of different ERP systems which caused financial and management issues. It decided...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, SAP AG, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Engineering, Software
- Case studies
- RFID Guardian: A battery-Powered Mobile Device for RFID Privacy Management
- RFID tags are tiny, inexpensive, inductively powered computers that are going to replace bar codes on many products, but which have many other uses as well. Subdermal tags with medical information are already being implanted in animals and people. However, a world in which practically everything is tagged and can...
- Tags: Mobile, Battery, Mobile Device, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- White papers
- The State of Kentucky Maintains Safe Highways With Magellan Handheld GPS Receivers From Thales Navigation
- The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is a state agency that includes the Department of Highways, and it maintains more than 27,000 miles of roads that carry about 85 percent of all traffic in the state. Traditionally, traffic collisions had been located by county, route and milepost marker. To provide the law...
- Tags: Battery, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Engineering
- Case studies
- WeFi for Pocket PC (msi)
- WeFi for Pocket PC is the software for finding and connecting to wireless networks with your Windows Mobile device. With WeFi, you always get the optimal WiFi connection, while keeping the battery consumption to a minimum. The WeFi software provides you with an intuitive and aesthetic user interface to manage...
- Tags: PC, Battery, Wi-Fi Connection, WeFi, WeFi Software, Pocket PC, Wireless LANs, Engineering, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-14
- What to do when the batteries run out
- Most small business server rooms have at least one Uninterruptible Power Supply. Of course the intent of a UPS is to provide power to the servers, switches and internet connections in case of a power failure. The UPS also helps to regulate power and keep it clean from...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Phone, Battery, Server Room, Phone System, Telecom & Utilities, Servers, Hardware, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- U.S. Postal Service goes green with free mail-in recycling service for electronics
- In 10 metro areas across the country, the United States Postal Service has launched a new pilot program that allows people to submit old inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges, and small electronics for proper disposal and recycling via free pre-paid mailers that customers can pick up at Post Office branches. If...
- Tags: Battery, Electronics, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Yeoman, Engineering, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Apple Aluminum PowerBook 15 (dmg)
- The PowerBook G4 Battery Updater improves the performance of batteries that may develop short run times. The update process will take about 15 minutes and must not be interrupted. To upgrade the firmware on your battery, read through the instructions below. When you're ready, click Update. The PowerBook G4 Battery...
- Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple PowerBook G4, Battery, Apple Inc., PowerBook G4 Battery Updater, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- A screwdriver is all it takes to replace MacBook Air battery
- For those folks thinking of getting a MacBook Air, here's one less reason not to put it off. One of the complaints -- other than the price -- is the fact that the battery is not user-replaceable. However, according to AppleInsider, it's not rocket science for users to swap...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Screwdriver, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- Nanowires to triple battery capacities
- Researchers at Stanford have developed nanowire electrodes that help batteries hold more charge. An excerpt from TechnologyReview: The development, reported in the scientific journal Nature Materials, stems from the labs of nanowire innovator Yi Cui and battery expert Robert Huggins at Stanford's Materials Science and Engineering...
- Tags: Electrode, Battery, Engineering, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- Power Hero (zip)
- Power Hero helps you to get the best out of your Battery. Power Hero has a host of features to maximise the battery life of your Treo. Console: Instantly see and control the main power drains on your Treo; Schedule: Set your Treo's functions to be on only when you...
- Tags: Battery, Palm Treo, Power Hero, Bluetooth, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- Saving battery power on Linux
- If you're a Linux user and tired of having the Linux side of your dual-boot system suck up more battery power, LessWatts.org might just be the place for you to visit. The site offers a wealth of various tips and tricks for reducing the power requirement of your Linux laptop...
- Tags: Battery Power, Battery, Site, Laptop Computer, LessWatts.org, LessWatts, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
