Canon EOS 5D Mark II Displays Multiple Battery Capacities

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera is being hailed as the first DSLR able to manage multiple batteries. The camera includes technology to read up to six separate LP-E6 batteries. The LCD will will display data about each battery whenever you like.

New Macbook Pro battery has less juice than old one

File this in the “not how things usually go” department. It seems the rechargeable battery in the new Macbook Pro has sixteen percent less battery power than it’s older, clunkier cousin.

Thinnovation

Pretty thin huh? I just found out some more details about the new MacBook Air.

Beware Shentech Fake Batteries

An Ohio man bought a battery from Shentech for his ThinkPad and ended up with a fire and damaged laptop. After reporting this to Lenovo, IBM discovered that the battery was not the genuine IBM article it was made out to be. It then purchased 12 batteries from Shentech only to discover that all were [...]

150 MPG for the Prius

Over at the Clean Vehicle Technology Expo in Ontario, California is Hymotion’s modified Prius that can actually get 150MPG in city areas. Of course it adds a 175 pound battery pack in the trunk and gas will have to go up a lot more to justify the price of an additional $9,500 for this aftermarket [...]

Chemical Power

Though a long way from being commercialized, the new battery developed by Sony generates electricity using glucose, which is chemically broken down with enzymes. Apparently, you can power small electronics endlessly through a supply of glucose solution which you pour into the battery (I’m sure airline security will love that). While glucose-powered batteries are more [...]

Exploding Battery Injures Woman

Nokia and Matsushita are already dealing with a 46 million handset battery recall and now a battery NOT on the recall list exploded injuring a pregnant woman in India.
The 30-year old victim will supposedly be compensated.

Verizon’s USB EV-DO Modem Almost Available

Now, personally, I wonder a bit at the usefulness of a USB wireless broadband solution. I see the entire purpose of solutions such as Verizon’s implementation of EV-DO to be portable, meaning either integrated in a notebook or at worse add via PC Card or ExpressCard.
Obviously, though, Verizon disagrees, as they’re pretty darn close [...]

Just Keep Learning More and More about the Asus Eee PC

According to unproven sources, it seems that the specs on the Asus Eee PC keep getting more and more detailed (or maybe "accurate" is a better word). So far, looks like there will be two models, with prices ranging from $269 on the low-end model and $399 on the high-end. Specs follow:

7-inch display
2GB of flash [...]

Fujitsu Does Have a Way with Tablets - T2010 is Nifty

As usual, Fujitsu has cooked up some delicious Tablet PC goodness in the upcoming T2010. Check out the specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo ULV at 1.06GHz or 1.2GHz
Intel GM 965 Chipset (so, Santa Rosa)
Up to 4GB of DDR2-533 RAM
12.1" WXGA Screen with LED backlight
Intel GMA X1300 graphics (so, not a gaming machine, obviously)
Up to 120GB SATA [...]