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• Scientists create non-flammable lithium-ion battery
  Monday 14 April 2008 – 11:00 in Hardware
  Hannover (Germany) - Scientists in Germany have made a breakthrough in one of the biggest emerging markets in the battery industry: lithium-ion.
• Matsushita readies safer lithium-ion batteries with high capacity
  Monday 18 December 2006 – 04:31
  Matsushita Electric Industrial today announced that one of its subsidiaries, Matsushita Battery Industrial (MBI) is now ready to mass produce a new type of lithium-ion battery, which incorporates new technology improving safety.

• The Definitive Guide To Managing Lithium-ion Batteries*
  Friday 17 August 2007 – 11:47 in Consumer Electronics
  Explosive yet oh-so necessary, Lithium-ion batteries reign in our electronic universe. Still, ask most people, average user and IT-enthusiasts alike, and they can’t tell you much about how these volatile creatures work or should be handled. In this three
• How to Tweak Your OS for Better Battery Life*
  Friday 24 August 2007 – 09:55 in Hardware
  Your email is just about to be sent, your document nearly typed up and, just then, your laptop battery dies. Who doesn’t want to get as much as they can from their battery? Between the addition of cells and the “performance/watt”, battery life is the foc