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AT&T to Lay Off 1.5% of Workforce

AT&T announced today that it'll be cutting about 1.5 percent of its workforce. The company calls it the "next step in streamlining its operations." AT&T had about 310,000 employees at the end of 2007, meaning the layoffs would affect about...

Posted on April 18, 2008 11:39 AM

Battery Breakthrough = 40 hour Laptop Batteries

Following up on Toshiba's recent SCiB lithium-ion battery breakthrough, researchers discovered a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries used in laptops, iPods, mobile phones and just about everything else these days, as much as 10 times...

Posted on January 18, 2008 11:59 AM

AT&T U-Verse Batteries Exploding

AT&T just can't catch a break with their troubled U-Verse service. AT&T has to replace the lithium metal polymer batteries in the VRAD cabinets for U-Verse IPTV because four fires have occurred in various locations. 'Fire' is a bit...

Posted on January 16, 2008 11:41 AM

Toshiba SCiB Battery Breakthrough

Rich writes about a battery breakthrough from Toshiba called SCiB. Toshiba Corp.'s Super Charge ion Battery, or SCiB, can recharge to 90 percent of its full capacity in less than five minutes and has a life cycle of more than...

Posted on December 12, 2007 9:44 AM

Electrilite Emergency gadgety flashlight

The Electrilite Emergency flashlight is a gadget lovers dream! It's a flashlight with bulbs that never need replacing, it's a radio, it's an alarm, and it never needs batteries. This product recharges itself or even your cell phone by using...

Posted on November 30, 2006 3:58 PM

Batteries, Batteries, Batteries on My Mind ...

With all of the recent battery problems, I can't seem to stop thinking about all of the batteries that we use (and consume) in our gadgets. If you figure that most gadgets (and toys) take two or four batteries (AA,...

Posted on August 29, 2006 10:43 AM