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Dec 24, 2009
recalling of sony battery

sony is recalling some power adapters sold with its Vaio line of notebooks.

The Japanese consumer electronics giant decided to recall the power bricks after getting four reports of punters receiving electrical shocks from faulty adapters. The problem appears to be faulty insulation in the adapters that lets current escape from the power supplies.

In a statement, the company said,VGP-BPS10,,VGP-BPS10A ,VGP-BPS10A/B,

VGP-BPS10B, "Sony has initiated a voluntary recall for certain AC power adapters which may short circuit and pose a potential electrical shock hazard."

The VGP-AC19V17 adapters that are being recalled were issued from 2005 with the company's VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 docking adapters as well as with its Vaio series notebook models VGC-LT, VGC-JS240, VGC-JS250, VGC-JS270, and VGC-JS290 sold after 2007.

The company has a website for customers to check to find out if their hardware is one of the affected models. If it is, the company advises unplugging the power supply and applying for a replacement immediately.

No US users have been involved indigital battery reported incidents but Sony announced the recall in association with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission


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Dec 17, 2009
Competition in the battery system

While the low priority to the development of lead-acid electric vehicles, in the majority of automobile industry appears to be a very "Ray" and the path, but otherwise, seems to have no sound strategy.

With the traditional lead-acid and nickel-metal hydride batteries compared to China and the United States government as the new direction of lithium iron phosphate batteries with plug-in electric cars, of which the battery is still the most critical development. As the "Who sony VGP-BPL2 batterysony VGP-BPS2 batterysony VGP-BPS2A batteryKilled the Electric Car," as described in the General Motors Corporation in 2002 focused on recall and on their own in the Arizona desert in the destruction of stockpiles of EV-1 electric cars, electric cars, but what really difficult to become a "people's car" It is not satisfactory power battery cost and performance: Do not consider the paranoid environmentalists, who are willing to put their hard-earned money spent on these only after running more than 100 kilometers spend six hours or more time to recharge a car like that? Moreover, replacement of a nickel-metal hydride battery alone should take 3 million dollars.

To recover in GM EV-1 decision of the previous year, MIT professor of materials science and engineering, Ye-Ming Chiang, a new concept related to nano-technology batteries was obtained, including Motorola, Qualcomm and a number of venture capital the company's identity, and quickly gained the companies more than 100 million dollars investment, the establishment of later famous A123 Systems. With the current Chinese enterprises to adopt the micron-grade material is being compared to nano-scale battery without affecting the overall stability of the battery and cycle life under the premise of a substantial increase in the battery high discharge power.

In 2006, in announcing the end of its investments by 10 billion dollars in EV-1 program four years later, General Motors publicly unveiled its next-generation Volt Concept concept of electric vehicles, including lithium iron phosphate rechargeable batteries will be produced by the A123. A123 received in August this year, the U.S. Department of Energy's 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in research funding special vehicle power batteries in the 249.1 million U.S. dollars, earlier this year, A123 invest in new plant 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, and from the U.S. Department of Energy approved 25 billion U.S. dollars loan Chubun was 1.8 billion.

A123 is not only the United States is not even ranked first lithium battery company, A123 and the general story of the VGP-BPS2CVGP-BPS2B ,VGP-BPL2C revelations is that it can only happen in a mature and perfect innovation system. Zhang Yongwei that the capital investment compared with the Government, Sino-US gap in the innovation system more. "We are now the greatest shortages of industrial research base." He said, "America's industrial base is perfect, in the chemical battery and a variety of materials, and so on with many leading companies and technology, Chinese enterprises if it could be achieved in a particular field breakthrough, but the lack of support for the industry chain, this technological breakthrough is difficult to continue. "

A123 or no manufacturing capacity at the initial stage, the China International Science and Technology Progress Award winner, BAK Battery Co., Ltd. chief technology officer, MAO Huan-yu on the "Business Weekly" recalled: "in March 2005, when the A123 to find BAK, co-production of iron phosphate Lithium batteries, brought only a piece of paper, by the end of 2005, the first commercial lithium iron phosphate batteries officially on the market. "

Earlier this year, BAK power battery electric vehicle research and development projects, has been included in the national 863 plan, will get to 2,000 million yuan of national research funding.

The past two years, the rapid development of China's power battery industry alone, there are more than 100 Shenzhen lithium battery manufacturer, but mostly assembly plants, the developmenteasybattery of enterprises rely mainly on investment in plant and capacity expansion. BAK Tianjin Development Zone located in the battery power plant, BAK Battery, Chairman Lee pointed to the foot forward, told reporters


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Dec 11, 2009
17-inch Macbook

We do not want to say that we tell you, whether you believe it or not, but the 2009 Macworld Expo taking place, Laptop batterynot even a product launch or a daimyo to meet the thrust of the NPC made the crowd Mac.

Even the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is not, because it has committed time to the overall style of the MacBook was raided in November last year.

Close to (the last or penultimate?) Macworld conference, the darkness of Satan RumourmillTM overtime does not stop running Mac Web site and discharged to the new ads, iPhone Nano fried apples Internet this in a Mac mini's storage capacity. It appears that the show is not achieved, at least not in the first day.

Broken down into three parts daily advertising, first place was Apple's Phil the introduction of some new features of software products Fruitella, the iLife and iWork's 2009 edition.

ILife has now facing a neighbor function, think about it, is a very damn cool. Use your iPhone or GPS enabled camera, you can automatically go to the designated geographical positioningapple batterymacbook batterypowerbook battery device on Google Maps where your photos. These seem to everyone can be regarded as a credit card online pin. You can also create your travel books, travel around the world and your online friends to see. iMovie, added a new sophisticated editing features and an editing function will be to enlarge on a movie, so you cut pieces, and playing audio.

GarageBand also introduced a new concept: video music lesson - guitar and keyboard - you can buy a new lesson shop. But it is not only teaching, no sirree, they dug the film we learn a tool, about eternal life, well-known musicians. Apple's brand to try to avoid "Ilesson, or GarageBand'Igarageband 'of this issue is too cute dwarf, from us.

Finally, you have iWeb and its lack of clarity in a variety of functions, such as the FTP client and components RSS sons, Youtube video, and iSight integration.

iWork in the other hand, is still in beta stage, but added a feature fee speech (magic move, conversion, 3D effects), and a nice wireless remote application calls theme, sold separately, allowing you to use your iPhone or iPod Touch control demonstration. Pages and the figures to make the new features and a lot of new tools for online collaboration, called Iwork.com.

Du Part on the presentation of the MacBook Pro more big brother. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro NVIDIA Corporation the same basic architecture, dual-core 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz processor, the Core 2 and a larger screen, coupled with (Du). In the 17-inch CRT TV, and now sports HD - compatible with 1920x1200 panel LED backlight should be invited to high-definition video editing and viewing with sweets for everyone, and for many of those who really need the screen real estate. 320 GB storage stored in a standard unit, but you can choose the second hard drive or SSD drives. Otherwise,apple iBook G4 12 inch batteryapple iBook G4 14 inch batteryapple MacBook 13 inch battery it is the company and his brothers and sisters of the 15.4-inch the same genetic heritage - the option to activate the 9600M 9400M graphics.

17-inch version, Apple chose to integrate into the case of batteries, lithium cells, the extent of the acquisition of other 95W.h. with the additional juice, Apple said, MacBook Pro will continue to 8 hours of work. The new battery, Apple said it is a 1000 charge capacity. But the internal battery also means that if the unexpected, then the matter is * * wrong password. In addition, you will be unable to carry a spare battery around, or to save it to another battery charge cycle.


The 17-inch MacBook, expected to begin early in February, shipping, only on Valentine's Day, when, as he also noted that some Apple fanbois even friends.

Finally, an interesting news on the Apple iTunes ad Macworld Conference last piece of the infection but now there is no DRM. A series of handshake and a smile, Apple and the record company executives have been bent to allow Apple to limit sales of DRM-free songs on iTunes, but different prices. Apple will charge the latest and most successful of 1.29 U.S. dollars per song, while in the iTunes directory most of the classification of 0.99 U.S. dollars. However, in the iTunes directory and promotion at the bottom of the track is much lower now sports a 0.69 U.S. dollars price tag.

Apple did not say who was driving the price, but we believe we can be any play as the music industry an important part of the line can try to restore control over product pricing. The first 1.29 U.S. dollars each, it may be worthwhile to walk to the nearest store to buy the CD / DVD.

Nevertheless, we are a easy batterysmall, dry mouth had. Come on January 7, Macworld Conference will begin and the industry, especially the packaging start-up and drive or fly to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to participate in a hacker ... or display pornography next door empty


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17-inch Macbook

We do not want to say that we tell you, whether you believe it or not, but the 2009 Macworld Expo taking place, Laptop batterynot even a product launch or a daimyo to meet the thrust of the NPC made the crowd Mac.

Even the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is not, because it has committed time to the overall style of the MacBook was raided in November last year.

Close to (the last or penultimate?) Macworld conference, the darkness of Satan RumourmillTM overtime does not stop running Mac Web site and discharged to the new ads, iPhone Nano fried apples Internet this in a Mac mini's storage capacity. It appears that the show is not achieved, at least not in the first day.

Broken down into three parts daily advertising, first place was Apple's Phil the introduction of some new features of software products Fruitella, the iLife and iWork's 2009 edition.

ILife has now facing a neighbor function, think about it, is a very damn cool. Use your iPhone or GPS enabled camera, you can automatically go to the designated geographical positioningapple batterymacbook batterypowerbook battery device on Google Maps where your photos. These seem to everyone can be regarded as a credit card online pin. You can also create your travel books, travel around the world and your online friends to see. iMovie, added a new sophisticated editing features and an editing function will be to enlarge on a movie, so you cut pieces, and playing audio.

GarageBand also introduced a new concept: video music lesson - guitar and keyboard - you can buy a new lesson shop. But it is not only teaching, no sirree, they dug the film we learn a tool, about eternal life, well-known musicians. Apple's brand to try to avoid "Ilesson, or GarageBand'Igarageband 'of this issue is too cute dwarf, from us.

Finally, you have iWeb and its lack of clarity in a variety of functions, such as the FTP client and components RSS sons, Youtube video, and iSight integration.

iWork in the other hand, is still in beta stage, but added a feature fee speech (magic move, conversion, 3D effects), and a nice wireless remote application calls theme, sold separately, allowing you to use your iPhone or iPod Touch control demonstration. Pages and the figures to make the new features and a lot of new tools for online collaboration, called Iwork.com.

Du Part on the presentation of the MacBook Pro more big brother. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro NVIDIA Corporation the same basic architecture, dual-core 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz processor, the Core 2 and a larger screen, coupled with (Du). In the 17-inch CRT TV, and now sports HD - compatible with 1920x1200 panel LED backlight should be invited to high-definition video editing and viewing with sweets for everyone, and for many of those who really need the screen real estate. 320 GB storage stored in a standard unit, but you can choose the second hard drive or SSD drives. Otherwise,apple iBook G4 12 inch batteryapple iBook G4 14 inch batteryapple MacBook 13 inch battery it is the company and his brothers and sisters of the 15.4-inch the same genetic heritage - the option to activate the 9600M 9400M graphics.

17-inch version, Apple chose to integrate into the case of batteries, lithium cells, the extent of the acquisition of other 95W.h. with the additional juice, Apple said, MacBook Pro will continue to 8 hours of work. The new battery, Apple said it is a 1000 charge capacity. But the internal battery also means that if the unexpected, then the matter is * * wrong password. In addition, you will be unable to carry a spare battery around, or to save it to another battery charge cycle.


The 17-inch MacBook, expected to begin early in February, shipping, only on Valentine's Day, when, as he also noted that some Apple fanbois even friends.

Finally, an interesting news on the Apple iTunes ad Macworld Conference last piece of the infection but now there is no DRM. A series of handshake and a smile, Apple and the record company executives have been bent to allow Apple to limit sales of DRM-free songs on iTunes, but different prices. Apple will charge the latest and most successful of 1.29 U.S. dollars per song, while in the iTunes directory most of the classification of 0.99 U.S. dollars. However, in the iTunes directory and promotion at the bottom of the track is much lower now sports a 0.69 U.S. dollars price tag.

Apple did not say who was driving the price, but we believe we can be any play as the music industry an important part of the line can try to restore control over product pricing. The first 1.29 U.S. dollars each, it may be worthwhile to walk to the nearest store to buy the CD / DVD.

Nevertheless, we are a easy batterysmall, dry mouth had. Come on January 7, Macworld Conference will begin and the industry, especially the packaging start-up and drive or fly to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to participate in a hacker ... or display pornography next door empty


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Nov 28, 2009
Li-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries (sometimes abbreviated Li-ion batteries), battery type, in which movement of lithium ions Laptop batteries from the anode-cathode discharge process, from the cathode to the anode of the indictment.

Lithium-ion batteries are widely distributed in consumer electronics products. They are battery for portable electronic products is one of the most common type, the best one of the engines, weight ratio, no memory effect, and the slow loss of charge when not in use. Except for consumer electronics, lithium-ion batteries popular defense, automotive and aerospace growth, because of their high energy density industries. However, some types of abuse may lead to an explosion of traditional lithium-ion batteries.

3 The main feature is a lithium-ion battery anode, cathode and electrolyte, for which a variety of materials can be used. Business on the graphite anode of the most popular material. The cathode is generally one of three materials: layered oxides, such as lithium cobalt oxide basis, such as lithium iron phosphate, or if the spinel lithium manganese oxide anion, but if TiS2 (titanium disulfide) material was originally used. Depending on hp Pavilion dv2000 batteryhp Pavilion dv6000 batteryhp Pavilion DV1000 batterythe chosen material for the anode, cathode and electrolyte the voltage, power, life and safety of lithium-ion battery, can change dramatically. Recently, the new structure be used to improve the efficiency of these batteries. Lithium-ion batteries should not be confused with lithium batteries, the key difference is that lithium batteries contain lithium metal batteries, but lithium-ion battery anode materials include laminated secondary battery.


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