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Laptop use at fault for Northwest flight gone wrong

You know how you're supposed to close your tray table and stow your electronics products 10 minutes before your plane lands? Well apparently those rules don't apply in the...

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5 tips to extending your laptop battery

By Marc Saltzman

It’s happened to many a traveler: you’re onboard a flight from, say, Toronto to Los Angeles, with plans to finish a stack of work along the way. ...
Two words: Nuclear batteries.

By Christopher Null

When I wrote this expose on nuclear-powered laptops [PDF link] in 2005, it was nothing but a juvenile April Fool's joke. It was a prank that most people "got" right off the bat,...
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By Amber Mac

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Exploding laptops now have a body count

By Christopher Null

To the best of my knowledge, all of the incidents in which laptops, iPods, and cell phones that have exploded or otherwise gone up in flames in recent years have ended with only...
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By Christopher Null

We're thigh-deep into summer now, and that means many of you will be traveling extensively over the coming months as vacations kick into high gear.
Apple Tablet Later This Year?

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Reports have Apple preparing to release a tablet netbook later this year.
1200 laptops lost each week at LAX

By Christopher Null

That's not a mistake in the headline. I checked it twice.
New tech ensures you're the only one looking at your laptop

By Christopher Null

One of my biggest high-tech pet peeves is "shoulder surfing," the pervasive and unnerving practice of people wandering (or sneaking) up behind you and reading your laptop screen...
How to Upgrade your Laptop

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We offer up some creative ways to move your notebook up in the world without buying a new one.