ZDNET's key takeaways You can run a report to check battery health in Windows 11.This report provides details on capacity, ...

PCWorld explains how to calibrate smartphone and laptop batteries when they display inaccurate percentage readings or cause ...

Once upon a time, computers were gigantic installations that filled up several rooms, and scientists thought computers would only get larger from there. Instead, computers shrank. Yes, gigantic ...

QUESTION: What can I do with a Windows laptop with a battery that won’t last very long? ANSWER: Battery life is a common frustration with all portable devices and how you use your laptop can make a ...

The honeymoon period for the hugely popular Eee PC appears to be over. Not only is it under attack from a number of copycat machines such as the MSI Wind, but it's also getting stick from people who ...

If your laptop’s battery doesn't last nearly as long as it first did out of the box, then it might be time to replace it. The lithium-ion batteries used to power most laptops degrade over time with an ...

Higher watt-hour (Wh) batteries generally offer longer battery life. Smaller, lower-resolution screens consume less power than larger, high-resolution displays. Non-touch displays and avoiding ...

A new version of Google’s Chrome browser has recently been released, and one of the new features is the program’s performance tools. In particular, they are designed to reduce energy consumption, thus ...