• How to boost your smartphone battery life

  Do you know where your smartphone is? Unless you're using it to read PCWorld.com, your phone is probably plugged into an outlet somewhere to charge, because the battery stinks.

  By Alex Wawro | 15 November, 2011 01:32

  Tags: Windows Phone 7, smartphones, power, Phones, consumer electronics, Components, Batteries / fuel cells, batteries, apple iphone, Android

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  Smart micro-grid to debut in regional NSW

  Houses in the Newcastle and Scone regions of NSW have been selected to trial battery-powered “micro-grid” which can increase energy efficiency and reduce the impact of outages.

  By Rodney Gedda | 31 March, 2011 10:31

  Tags: smart grids, RedFlow, power, NBN, energy efficiency, EnergyAustralia, batteries, Ausgrid

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  Wireless Power Brings A Brighter Breakfast

  Fulton Innovation had an idea: what the world needs is flashier breakfast (I completely agree). So they decided to pair their eCoupled technology wireless power technology with some cereal boxes to make them light up, and interact with a nearby computer to display useful information.

  By Albert Filice | 13 January, 2011 07:07

  Tags: wireless technology, wireless, Tech industry, power, networking, Fulton Innovation

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  Chip startup seeks to lower electric bills in data centers

  A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in data centers.

  By Dan Nystedt | 17 August, 2010 04:50

  Tags: green IT, green, servers, processors, power, Intel, hardware systems, data centres, Components, Arm Holdings

• Off-the-grid gadget chargers provide power in a pinch

  Keeping mobile phones and other portable electronics charged is a hassle if you make frequent business trips or work in multiple locations. Inevitably, your smartphone's battery dies far from a power source just when you need to make a crucial call or get directions to a meeting.

  By Elsa Wenzel | 30 July, 2010 14:07

  Tags: power, green IT, green

• Laptop tips: Add RAM, recycle a hard drive

  It's been almost a year since I served up some nice, hot laptop tips--and that's inexcusable. I'll make it up to you this week with some useful advice on adding memory to a laptop, turning an old laptop hard disc into an external drive, and using your laptop's power settings effectively.

  By Rick Broida | 21 July, 2010 23:56

  Tags: upgrading, tips, ram, power, laptops, hardware systems, Acer

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  NY hospital cuts power bill with thin-client virtualization

  New York City's Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is saving power and money by replacing its desktop computers with thin clients running virtualized operating systems.

  By Joab Jackson | 05 February, 2010 04:33

  Tags: virtualisation, thin clients, power, medical, hospital, energy efficiency

Whitepapers about power

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  A Whitepaper on Cloud Computing

  This whitepaper will help to clarify exactly what the different models of Cloud Computing are, how the different models should be used, and when to embrace these models.

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  Virtualisation and its Impact on Data

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  How to Manage the Data Center Power Problem

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  Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centres