Neowin News Feed for: Drain

Cut your 13" MacBook Air battery life from 12 hours to 3 by using Dropbox

Ben Buffone — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:48:46 +0000

Tests by programmer and Qwikast founder Nico Schuele have shown Dropbox dramatically cuts down the new MacBook Air's battery life, from a whopping 12 hours to just 3. Read more...

Location feature the culprit of iPhone 4S battery drain

John Callaham — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:56:58 +0000

A number of owners of Apple's new iPhone 4S are reporting problems with a rapid battery drain which may be due to an issue in the smartphone's location services features. Read more...

Girls lost in drain rescued due to Facebook status update

Sam Alderwick — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:31:52 +0000

When two girls, aged 10 and 12, were lost in a storm drain in South Australia last night, most people would have expected them to have called the emergency services immediately, seeing as they had... Read more...

Vista Wireless Access Could Cause Laptop Battery Drain

Steven Parker — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:32:10 +0000

Users running Windows Vista on laptops may see batteries draining faster than they expect, Microsoft said in a warning, because some wireless access points aren't configured to take advantage of the new operating system's Wi-Fi... Read more...

Sun cluster guru joins MS in brain drain

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 22:36:29 +0000

A few bombs have dropped within Sun Microsystems' software division, as employees have departed to potentially greener pastures. The most prestigious name is Dr. Yousef Khalidi, distinguished engineer and chief technical officer for N1 products... Read more...