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July 08, 2016

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Company representatives say that 39 laptop models may be affected. The company has published a page where it provides instructions on how to discover if a laptop is affected by this issue or not.Toshiba provides an automated tool that obtains the laptop's serial and part number, along with its battery's serial and part number, and tells the user if his laptop is included in the recall. Manual verification steps are also provided, but these involve taking the laptop apart.Affected users should use their laptop using an AC adaptor only
The company says that all battery units listed in the recall have the battery part numbers that begin with G71C (G71C*******). The issue may affect new laptops still under warranty, but also users that have had their battery replaced under or after their warranty expired.Some users that are not in Toshiba's list of possibly affected laptop models may still be affected if they replaced their original battery with one from this batch.

The company says that the simplest way to avoid any issues with the battery is to use the laptop with its AC charger plugged in all the time. The issue only appears only when the laptop is functioning on pure battery power alone.Users that are affected by this recall will receive a new battery for free. A normal replacement battery of this type costs between $70 and $130.If youâ€™re a Toshiba laptop user, beware as your laptop battery may melt and cause you some serious injury. We arenâ€™t kidding as the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has made a public recall announcement, which warns around 91,000 users in the USA and about 10,000 in Canada.

According to this recall, there is an issue with the lithium-ion batteries which have been installed in the Satellite, Tecra and Portege models of the Toshiba laptops. Panasonic is the manufacturer of these batteries and this issue affects the laptops which have been sold in the US and Canada between June 2011 to January 2016. These laptops have been manufactured in Japan and China and have been sold through Toshibadirect.com, various online websites as well as electronic stores.

Reports suggest that these laptop batteries can overheat to the extent of melting and thus have a potential to cause injury to the users. Four such cases have already been reported.Toshiba has said that 39 laptop models may be affected by this issue. The company has provided a web page where users can check whether their laptop suffers from this issue or not. An automated tool has also been provided which obtains the serial and part number of the laptop along with its battery and will tell the user, whether their laptop is included in the recall or not. Manual verification steps have also been provided but users will need to open up their laptops for that.

According to Toshiba, all the battery part numbers that begin with G71C (G71C*******) suffer from this issue and thus have been recalled. Toshiba has advised users to use the laptop with its AC charger plugged in all the time to prevent any mishap till the battery gets replaced. This issue only appears when the laptop is working solely on batteryâ€™s power.This issue may even appear in Laptops which had their batteries replaced during this period with the affected models, so please be cautious and check carefully. The affected users will get their batteries replaced with a new one for free. Normally a new battery replacement costs between $70 and $130.

We would advise our users who have Toshiba laptops to check for this issue and get their batteries replaced if they have the affected laptop batteries.If you bought a Dell XPS 13 in the past couple of months, you may not be getting all the endurance you're entitled to. However, a future BIOS update, which is due in mid-December, promises to improve the battery life by close to 25 percent on XPS 13 laptops with Intel 6th Generation Core (aka "Skylake") series processors.We had a chance to install a beta copy of the update on a review unit, which increased its runtime from 9 hours and 37 minutes to 11 hours and 54 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery test (continuous surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits). That's a huge difference.

Ever since it debuted last January, the XPS 13 has been one of the top ultrabooks on the market and our top choice for best laptop overall because of its svelte design, strong endurance and nearly bezeless screen. This past fall, Dell released an updated version of the XPS 13 with the same award-winning design but with new Intel "Skylake" 6th Generation processors instead of the 5th Generation CPUs on the original. When we ran our battery test on the Skylake XPS 13, we were unpleasantly surprised to see that its battery life was over two hours less than its predecessor's, shrinking from 11:42 to 9:37.

After we shared our findings with Dell, the company told us that the difference in battery life was due to increased power consumption from the new model's NVME PCIe SSD (the old model used an M.2 SATA SSD). While PCIe SSDs are significantly faster than typical SATA drives, they also consume a little bit more power, but apparently the real problem was not the NVME's own use of electricity but its ability to prevent the CPU from entering a higher C-state. In other words, the SSD was telling the processor to remain at a higher power state.

The BIOS update fixes this problem and, as a result, the new XPS 13 actually lasted 12 minutes longer than its predecessor on our test.The power-consumption bug that Dell fixed only affects Dell XPS 13 laptops with Intel 6th Generation Core series CPUs and a BIOS version under 1.17. To see what processor and BIOS version you have:If the CPU model number begins with a 6 (ex: Core i5-6200U you have a Skylake processor, but if it begins with 5, you have an earlier-model XPS 13. The BIOS version also appears in this app.If you need the BIOS update, you'll be able to download an installer from Dell's product support page for the XPS 13 (9350). The version you need carries the number 1.17 or higher. As of this writing, the updated BIOS isn't available to the public, but Dell told us to expect a release sometime in mid-December. After the update, the XPS 13 takes its rightful place among the longest-lasting laptops on the market.

Think your private browsing session is really private? A new paper shows how your smartphone or laptop's battery can be used to compromise your privacy.A HTML5 feature called the Battery Status API lets websites check the status of your device's battery with such precision that it could be used to track you in short time intervals, researchers claim. And that's even if you're using identity-concealing software such as Tor.SEE ALSO: Tim Cook blasts Silicon Valley companies for 'gobbling up' your personal data This happens because the Battery Status API can pull several pieces of information about your device's battery â€” level, charging time and discharging time. Combined, this data is nearly unique for each device, meaning it allows potential attackers to create a digital fingerprint of your device and track your activities on the web.

"In short time intervals, Battery Status API can be used to reinstantiate tracking identifiers of users, similar to evercookies. "In short time intervals, Battery Status API can be used to reinstantiate tracking identifiers of users, similar to evercookies. Moreover, battery information can be used in cases where a user can go to great lengths to clear her evercookies. In a corporate setting, where devices share similar characteristics and IP addresses, the battery information can be used to distinguish devices behind a NAT, of traditional tracking mechanisms do not work," the paper claims.

The paper, signed by French and Belgian security researchers Lukasz Olejnik, Gunes Acar, Claude Castelluccia, and Claudia Diaz, and first reported on by The Guardian, claims that, as of June 2015, Firefox, Opera and Chrome support the HTML5 feature.This sort of tracking would be very hard to escape, since practically all devices are vulnerable. The risk is, however, higher for old or used batteries with reduced capacities.According to the paper, the potential privacy issues of the Battery Status API have been discussed as early as 2012, but the API was not revised to alleviate them.The issue is extremely easy to fix, researchers argue: Just make the battery readings less precise. By rounding the values down, none of the functionality would be lost, but it would be nearly impossible to track a user down.

If youâ€™re anything like me, you have your laptop with you at all hours of the day. Itâ€™s not really out of necessity, but rather comfort. If I get inspired and have to write something out before it slips my mind (happens rarely) or I have to kill some time in the city because a friend is running late (happens much more often), I just find the nearest Starbucks and spot up for a bit.This process often ends with me working at my computer until it runs out of battery, at which point I usually start to stare daggers at the guy that has been charging his cellphone for the past 20 minutes. But this problem is not specific to Starbucks. During a layover at the airport, Iâ€™ll position myself in a ways that is preposterously uncomfortable if it means Iâ€™ll have access to an outlet for an extra few minutes.

If you regularly travel with your computer, and are tired of running out of juice mid-flight, invest in a ChargeTech portable battery and save yourself the stress brought on by dead devices. ChargeTech started as an Indiegogo campaign and raised over $400,000. Now, it's producing portable batteries with wall outlets so you can plug in whenever you need.The battery comes in two sizes, the smaller of which wonâ€™t be able to get your MacBook Pro back to full power, but did provide around five extra hours of battery life, according to 9to5Mac. While you wonâ€™t be able to run forever on your potable battery, it buys you a few more hours to reach a new outlet and refill all of your devices. The ChargeTech also comes with two USB inputs so you can bring your iPhone back to life, as well as an international outlet adapter.

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If youâ€™ve got a Dell laptop, youâ€™ll definitely want to make sure itâ€™s powered to its fullest potential. The Egoway High Performance New Laptop Battery for Dell Latitude models is on sale for $42.99 with free shipping on Amazon. Thatâ€™s 61% off its regular list price of $110.99.The Egoway High Performance New Laptop Battery for Dell Latitude works for the following models: E6220, E6230, E6320, E6330 and E6430s. This is a Li-on 11.1-volt battery with a capacity of 5200mAh. This device includes overcharged and discharger circuit protection and is CE-, FCC-, and RoHS-certified for safety. It has a low power consumption IC design, and has been tested with strict quality control standards. It comes with an 18-month direct warranty from the manufacturer, a 30 days money return guarantee and 24/7 email support. Gift-wrapping is available for this sleek black product. While there have only been 20 customer reviews, they have rated it highly with a 4.8 star rating.

The experiment saw Microsoft stream the same video on four unplugged, identical laptops. The only difference between them was the browser the video was being played on.Up against the clock in Microsoft's lab was Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge.The results clearly put Google Chrome at the bottom of the pack, with the laptop's battery only lasting 4 hours and 19 minutes.

MicrosoftMicrosoft Edge ExperimentMozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge were all tested against each other in the experiment
This was followed by Mozilla Firefox which drained the laptop's battery in 5 hours and 9 minutes.Opera, a browser with a specific power saving mode , came in second place, lasting 6 hours and 18 minutes. Opera recognises when your laptop is no longer plugged in and reduces background activity, pausing unused plug-ins and hidden animations.

Unsurprisingly Microsoft's own browser, Edge, came out on top. Edge managed to stream the video for a total of 7 hours and 22 minutes - 70% longer than Google Chrome.GettyWoman using a computerIs your battery always running out of juice?
It's worth pointing out that Microsoft Edge doesn't have all the features that Google Chrome has, and browser extensions are not currently available.However this is set to change when the company launches its Anniversary Update to Windows 10 this summer.

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