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Xiaomi's 80W wireless charging tech can fully charge a 4,000mAh battery in just 19 minutes

Rajesh Pandey — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:50:01 +0000

Xiaomi has announced its 80W Mi wireless charging technology that can wirelessly charge a 4,000mAh battery to 50% in just 8 minutes and to full in 19 minutes. There was no word on public availability. Read more...

The Apple Watch's battery will last 2.5 years before needing to be replaced

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:34:01 +0000

Apple has published the number of charge cycles the Watch's battery can endue, and the answer - 1,000 complete cycles - means that the device will last around 2.5 years before needing a replacement. Read more...

EE faces customer backlash over new ‘priority' service charge

Andy Weir — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:15:29 +0000

After introducing a new option for customers to pay £0.50 to jump the queue on the phone to its call centres, EE is facing backlash from its customers, who are already displeased with its service. Read more...

Google to charge for Maps API for high volume usage

Brad Sams — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:57:21 +0000

If you run a website that uses Google Maps for location, Google will soon be ending its free gravy train and will start making you pay for the use of its service., under certain conditions. Read more...

Review: Samsung Droid Charge 4G

Brad Sams — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:06:41 +0000

Verizon has never been shy to load up their portfolio with a plethora of Android. The initial stint was to help fight the iPhone, but now that Verizon has that phone on its store shelves,... Read more...

Hulu may charge for content in the future

Kevin Weiner — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:22:52 +0000

People love Hulu for providing full episodes to TV shows and movies for free. Recently, Disney struck a deal with Hulu, and the company has also struck an international TV deal as well. They have... Read more...

Dell triples charge to downgrade PCs to XP for $150

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:30:03 +0000

More than five months after Dell stopped selling its popular Inspiron line of consumer desktop and laptop PCs with Windows XP, Dell is offering the systems with the aging operating system for a surcharge of... Read more...

HBO Putting Shows Online, at No Additional Charge

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:42:20 +0000

HBO, cable’s most popular premium channel, is carefully entering the arena of Internet video. The channel, a subsidiary of Time Warner, will introduce HBO on Broadband starting this week to subscribers in Green Bay and... Read more...

New Li-Ion Battery Holds 10x the Charge of Current Batteries

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:44:21 +0000

Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. The new version, developed through research led... Read more...

AMD Projects Impairment Charge Due to Weak Graphics

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:09:51 +0000

Just one day ahead of its meeting with financial analysts Advanced Micro Devices said that the value it paid for graphics and multimedia chip designer ATI Technologies last year was too high and the actual... Read more...

Apple to charge Tiger users for final Boot Camp release?

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:59:54 +0000

If we are to believe the "recent report MacScoop has obtained", Apple is getting greedy. It seems the company want more than just $1.99 for the software update that enables 802.11n wifi on its Intel... Read more...

Your Desk Will Be Able to Charge Mobile Devices

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:13:26 +0000

A tag team consisting of tech company Fulton Innovation and office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. could allow mobile phones, PDAs, laptops, portable music players, Bluetooth headsets and so on, to be one day wirelessly... Read more...

E.U. Pushes to Charge Intel with Illegal Business Practices

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:47:42 +0000

The E.U. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes was asked, by a number of European Union investigators, to formally charge Intel on grounds of illegal business tactics. The case was filed in 2000 by AMD regarding Intel... Read more...

Report: Apple Will Charge For 802.11n Access

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:53:46 +0000

Apple will charge Mac users $4.99 to turn on faster, longer-range wireless technology included with machines equipped with Intel's Core 2 Duo or Xeon processors, a pair of Mac enthusiast Web sites reports. According to... Read more...

Microsoft to charge for Office beta

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:48:17 +0000

Microsoft plans next week to charge a nominal fee for Office 2007 Beta 2 downloads, in a move that runs counter to the practice held by most software companies. Consumers who download the 2007 Microsoft... Read more...

Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kits

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:16:29 +0000

Word has it that the official MSD (Microsoft Ship Date) of the Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kits is April 18, 2006. Retail price is estimated to be $29.99. This kit will recharge... Read more...

Plan to Charge Businesses for E-Mail Triggers Outcry

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:06:51 +0000

America Online's plan to start charging businesses to send commercial e-mail messages is creating an uproar among some marketers, a newspaper reported Monday. Some marketers argue AOL's plan to implement a certified e-mail system, which... Read more...

Opera 8.50: Now completely free of charge

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:18:06 +0000

In what could be considered a very surprising move, and one that easily could shake the browser market, Opera has made it's award winning browser available to the masses for free, void of it's built... Read more...

Microsoft to Charge License Fee For 360 Peripherals?

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:28:01 +0000

Any third party manufacturers seeking to make and release peripherals for Microsoft's next-gen console, Xbox360, will have to pay royalties for every unit sold. The console with be equipped with a new security system to... Read more...

Dell Rejects Spyware Charge

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:16:05 +0000

Dell has rejected allegations that it's PCs come pre-loaded with an intrusive application that spies on users' surfing habits. The equipment manufacturer said there was nothing untoward about My Way Search Assistant despite complaints from... Read more...

Pentium M to last for eight hours on single charge by 2008

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:57:24 +0000

The Intel Pentium M 'Yonah' dual-core processor is planned for the first quarter of next year. This 65nm mobile processor's FSB will be clocked at 667MHz and the target clock-rate for launch will likely be... Read more...

Using air to charge cellphones?

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:36:30 +0000

All you need to charge your mobile is -- air! Students at the Department of Industrial Design at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi have attached a turbine with a mobile phone that helps charge it... Read more...

Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:26:48 +0000

Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with its new anti-spyware software for free. The pledge, made by Microsoft... Read more...

Intel to take $600 million impairment charge in Q4

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 06:03:00 +0000

Intel Corp. today (December 4, 2003) said it would take a fourth-quarter goodwill impairment charge of about $600 million related to its Wireless Communications and Computing Group (WCCG). Intel said the long-term growth... Read more...

Mother faces manslaughter charge

Marcel Klum — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:45:33 +0000

Three-year-old Brianna Cordell died sweltering in a closed car, while her mother was engrossed in a computer fantasy-game, according to police. Mary Christina Cordell, 36, was arrested Monday and faces a felony... Read more...

Linux makers take charge with security

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:30:25 +0000

Two companies announced Friday a new version of Security-Enhanced Linux, in a bid to build business from additions to the bare-bones operating system. The Open Source Development Group (OSDgroup), a Linux training firm, and Houston-based... Read more...

download.com to charge for listing products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:17:47 +0000

Thanks Moshe...Starting September 30, we will begin charging a nominal processing fee for posting or updating a product listing through Upload.com. In addition, we will offer several new distribution and support options that reflect the... Read more...

Intel exec laughs off MS cannibalism charge

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:38:54 +0000

Microsoft attorney Dan Webb yesterday engaged in the somewhat redundant exercise of trying to prove that former Intel exec and trial star witness Steve McGeady was biased against Microsoft. This is about as difficult as... Read more...

Yahoo set to charge for streamed content

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:12:31 +0000

Yahoo said Monday that it has added more free video programming to its site, but the Web portal said it would start charging consumers for some streamed content by the end of the year. ... Read more...