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  • Battery Cell Shortage Still Looming
    August 22, 2008 – 4:30 AM
    Despite that some industry players expect battery cell supply will reach an equilibrium in the fourth quarter, sources at Taiwan notebook battery module makers have noted that it is still too early to tell whether supply will be enough to feed demand.
  • Asustek To Extend Battery Life And Storage Capacity For Eee PCs In 2H08
    July 25, 2008 – 1:30 PM
    Taipei (Taiwan) - Asustek Computer expects to introduce new features for its Eee PC range including "whole-day" battery life and Internet storage.
  • Sony's battery troubles could turn into windfall for Korean firms
    August 25, 2006 – 4:18 PM
    Sony's battery recalls could help boost sales Korean battery makers. Following the recalls of Apple and Dell notebooks batteries, Korean newspapers are betting that their hometown favorites such as Samsung will gain market share.
  • TI unveils management chips for multi-cell, Li-ion battery packs
    December 19, 2006 – 11:47 AM
    Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled several new battery management ICs, including its next-generation Impedance Track "gas gauge" chipset, to improve battery performance and protect multi-cell, lithium-based battery packs used in notebooks and other systems.
  • Fujitsu updates notice, reports Sony battery incident
    October 30, 2006 – 12:14 PM
    On October 24, 2006, Fujitsu received a report from a customer in Japan that a Fujitsu notebook with a battery pack subject to a recent replacement program by Sony had an incident in which the battery pack overheated and sparked. After investigating the incident together with Sony, it has been concluded that the incident resulted from the Sony-made battery pack, and Fujitsu is now pursuing further detailed investigations.
  • Laptop Battery Drought To End In Time For Christmas
    May 6, 2008 – 7:30 AM in Business
    There has been a drought in the supply of lithium ion batteries required to power notebooks that has been squeezing supply of notebooks to the growing market. It should now be over in time for Christmas, according to one executive in the industry. Laptop
  • ASUS: Reviewers & Users Get Different Battery
    April 23, 2008 – 4:30 PM
    ASUS officially admitted that it provided better batteries to reviewers of its popular Eee PC 900 than those it shipped to actual customers. According to reports flowing in from Hong Kong, customers who purchased the new UMPCs on launch day complained th
  • Sony To Expand Monthly Lithium Ion Battery Production Capacity From 41 Million Cells To 74 Million C
    August 6, 2008 – 1:40 PM
    Sony has announced that it will invest approximately $371 million toward strengthening its lithium ion battery production operations.
  • EU to make battery recycling obligatory
    May 4, 2006 – 4:24 AM
    The European Union has agreed the text of a law that will make recycling of batteries obligatory from 2008
  • John McCain Proposes $300 Million Prize For Next-generation Car Battery
    June 24, 2008 – 11:30 AM in Business
    Fresno (CA) - Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, has proposed a $300 million prize for anyone who can build an ultra-efficient car battery.
  • A battery-powered plane takes off
    July 20, 2006 – 8:18 PM
    In a brief article, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that a manned plane has flied on AA batteries in Japan yesterday.
  • Organic battery to enable backups during power failures
    August 5, 2005 – 11:55 AM
    NEC is working on a small organic radical battery for desktop PC, that can keep a computer running during power outages. The device will be able to provide enough juice to enable data backups and minimize the risk of losing valuable work.
  • Scientists Create Non-flammable Lithium-ion Battery
    April 11, 2008 – 4:17 PM
    Hannover (Germany) - Scientists in Germany have made a breakthrough in one of the biggest emerging markets in the battery industry: lithium-ion.
  • Hybrid harddrives to extend battery life in notebooks by 10 percent
    May 4, 2005 – 5:45 PM
    Flash could soon be the same to a harddrive what an electric motor is in a car: In fact the similarities of benefits are surprising: As in newer generation typical hybrid vehicles, hybrid harddrives (HHDs) promise higher performance while decreasing energy consumption. Samsung presented a first prototype at WinHEC and claims that HHDs also are more reliable than traditional drives.
  • HP recalls 15,700 notebook batteries
    April 20, 2006 – 2:45 PM
    The latest recall of notebook computer batteries issued with the help of the US Consumer Products Safety Commission affects Hewlett-Packard this time, and now more dramatically calls into question the safety and reliability of rechargeable battery components manufactured in China.

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