THE DISNEY MOUSE FALLS ON ITS FACE

The Disney “Netpal” lacks the big screen and super-long battery life of the lower-priced eee PC, but has links to lots of fun sites.

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NUCLEAR BATTERY COULD LAST A MILLION YEARS

University of Missouri scientists have developed a nuclear battery.

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THE NEW IPHONE IS REALLY HOT

iPhone battery problem.

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THAT’S “SHOW” BUSINESS

Some of the cool things from the Consumer Electronics Show.

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STILL MORE POWER PACS

There are a score of portable power packs available today for reviving your dead or dying cell phone, iPod, music player, game machine, Blackberry, etc. We’ve written about a couple in previous columns, but we particularly like a sleek new black one from Kensington.

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EMERGENCY BATTERY BACKUP

Belkin has a new $100 emergency backup unit that can save your data and your sanity if the regular power goes out.

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GETTING ALL CHARGED UP

We recently tried out the new PowerAid Mobile from US Modular, a backup battery that comes with five adapters that fit cell phones, iPods, Treo PDAs and many other devices designed to take their charge from a computer’s USB port or a wall outlet.

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