Bus-powered USB hubs draw constant power, draining and degrading your laptop battery. Running high-power drives, phones, or ...

Just as constantly charging your laptop to 100% can harm the battery, letting it drain completely to zero before recharging is equally damaging. That's because deep discharges put stress on the ...

Q: What’s causing my laptop battery to get overly hot? A: If your laptop battery is heating up more than usual, it’s important not to ignore it. While some warmth is normal during use, excessive heat ...

You can find a lot of strange things inside IC packages. For example, the Dallas DS12885 and DS12887 real time clock “chips” were available in a large package with an internal battery. The problem, of ...