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Apple settles MagSafe class-action lawsuit, details cash payment to customers

Rue Liu, Nov 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple notified customers today that it has reached a settlement on the class-action lawsuit pertaining to faulty T-shaped MagSafe adapters on the MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The lawsuit was filed back in 2009 following several instances of the adapter becoming frayed and becoming a fire hazard. In a separate case, the strained MagSafe adapter was said to have caused a major fire at a home in Connecticut. Read The Full Story

PlugBug piggybacks iPad power on your MacBook brick

Chris Davies, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [5]

It's a #FirstWorldProblem to be sure: too many gadgets and not enough plug sockets to recharge them all. If you're an Apple user, however, trying to juggle AC between your MacBook, iPad and iPhone, Twelve South's PlugBug could be the solution, a 10W USB charger that snaps onto a MacBook/MacBook Pro power brick and allows you to charge both your laptop and your iOS device simultaneously. Read The Full Story

Pivot Power Strip by Quirky Makes Charging Easier

Ammon Carpenter, Jun 10th 2011 Discuss [3]

We have all been there, 30 outlets, but only able to use 6. Nothing is more frustrating than buying a monster power strip with 30 or more outlets only to find most of them are un-useable. Not because there is something wrong with the outlets, but the shape of the power adapter you are plugging in ends up covering 2 or 3 additional outlets. Then there are those fat power adapters that can only be plugged in from one angle and naturally that angle makes almost half the power strip useless. Pivot Power, from Quirky has a solution. Pivot Power is a flexible power strip that can help reduce some of that frustration. Read The Full Story

Ring Socket concept makes timed charging easy

Chris Davies, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Timed AC outlets aren't new, but they're generally tricky to program ad-hoc and so only get used for security lighting, heating or other regular tasks. Designers Cheng-Hsiu Du and Chyun-Chau Lin want to change all that; their Ring Socket concept would replace the confusing digital display or dozens of clicky pegs with a simple illuminated loop, rotated clockwise according to how many hours you want the appliance to be active. Read The Full Story

England’s Pizza Express Installs iPod Docks in Restaurants

Chris Burns, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

If you're a resident of the United Kingdom, you might very well be aware of the pizza chain "Pizza Express." What you might not know is that they'll soon have iPod docks behind the seats, starting first with their Richmond location. This installation is part of a ground-up redesign of their chain, an experiment they're calling "The Living Lab." Reminds me of something we had (and they still have) at my alma mater the Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Classrooms of the Future. Plugs and switches and controllers all over the place. Plug in and power up. Read The Full Story

Cooler Master unveils world’s smallest 95W power adapter for notebooks

Shane McGlaun, Sep 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have reviewed tons of notebooks over the last few years and it seems to me that sometimes the power adapter you need to schlep around with the notebook is as heavy as the notebook in some cases. Those power adapters are also often very large and bulky making them hard to pack into a crowded bag or suitcase. Read The Full Story

Kensington Smart Power laptop power adapters break cover

Shane McGlaun, Aug 11th 2010 Discuss [2]

Kermit the Frog always said it isn't easy being green. Thankfully, today with all the power sipping AC adapters for notebooks and computers being green is easy. Kensington has unveiled a couple new notebook power adapters that are Energy Star qualified and work with lots of notebook brands. Read The Full Story

Duracell portable universal netbook charger is under $50

Shane McGlaun, Jul 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

I bet there are many people out there who would like to have two chargers for their netbook. With two chargers, you can leave one at the house and one at the office and not have to fiddle with plugging and unplugging them each time you go to one place or the other. Read The Full Story

Belkin Conserve range gets new intelligent plugs, energy meter & charging station

Chris Davies, Jun 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Belkin has outed a new range of earth-friendly power products that it reckons will help people not only reduce their carbon emissions but - since a little self-interest is always good - cut their electricity bills too. Slotting into Belkin's Conserve range, the four new products include the Conserve Insight, a plug-in energy meter that shows how much juice your appliance is guzzling, and the Conserve Valet, a home charging station for USB-powered devices like cellphones and PMPs, which automatically shuts down the supply when each is fully charged. Read The Full Story

FastMac U-Socket on sale now: $20 for USB charging convenience

Chris Davies, May 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

The FastMac U-Socket combination AC and USB outlet - first spotted back in December 2009 - has finally gone on sale, offering a straightforward way to charge up USB gadgets like smartphones, PMPs and even your iPad without having to reach for the AC adapter. Priced at $19.95 for those willing to preorder (or $29.95 after that), the outlet only supplies power to the USB ports when there's something plugged in. It's also had a redesign since the prototype first shown, moving the two USB ports to one side of the outlet rather than, as before, flanking either side of them. That may spoil the symmetry but it also means you'll still be able to plug in a USB even with two reasonably bulky wall-warts taking up the AC slots. Read The Full Story

Elecom adapter turns notebook power adapter into an outlet

Shane McGlaun, Apr 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Finding an empty plug in my office is sort of like striking gold. All my outlets are full and several of them have surge protectors plugged into surge protectors to power all my gear. Elecom has a new adapter called the AC Adapter Tap T-ACTAP22 that can help solve the plug dilemma for me. Read The Full Story

Convert your dull AC outlet into a super-geeky USB version

Chris Davies, Dec 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The most bizarre thing about this Instructable for converting a regular AC outlet into a USB outlet is that only this morning - dealing with various review phones bleating as their batteries expired on the mess that is my desk - I found myself wishing for such a thing. Apparently the work of 30 minutes and a mere $10, we're not sure we agree with project author Hextor's tongue-in-cheek prediction that "it will get your home ready for the future, when most appliances are USB" but for bringing new life to an unloved outlet it can't be beat. Read The Full Story