All laptops require a certain amount of volts and amps to operate properly, and anything less than or more than that amount may prove hazardous to the laptop's delicate internal electronics. An AC ...

Maintaining the integrity of your laptop charger will help ensure you can safely charge your laptop with it for longer. Tightly wrapping your laptop power cord is among several reasons it breaks down ...

Power cords may seem like simple accessories, but they play an essential role in the performance, safety, and reliability of computers and related equipment. Whether you're setting up a desktop PC, a ...

The gadget world is slowly adopting a new power cord standard called USB Type-C. They're small, multipurpose, universal, reversible and might fry whatever gadget you plug them into. The advantage of ...

Hewlett-Packard has recalled more than 6 million laptop power cords that could pose fire and burn hazards. HP is recalling LS-15 AC power cords used with HP and Compaq branded laptops. The company is ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Dell is one of the biggest computer manufacturers in the world and has designed some impressive laptops and 2-in-1 devices to its credit. Recently, we put the all-new 2019 XPS 13 in the slick Frost ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Over the past year or so, one of the biggest tech stories has been about one of the smallest things: ...

College Park, MD (November 6, 2006) -- Recharging your laptop computer -- and also your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets -- might one day be doable in the same convenient way many people now ...