There are only a handful of gadgets in my possession that can’t be charged over USB: TV/Cable/Blu-ray player remotes and my DSLR. My Xbox 360 controller was a battery hog once upon a time, but the ...

The last time I paid attention to rechargeable batteries was probably back in the early 1990s. We had this huge recharging tech that allowed you to recharge all sorts of batteries – none of which we ...

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Rechargeable batteries, which can be used again and again through top-ups from the mains-connected charger, are an investment – the best will last for hundreds of hours of use. They have several ...

What you don't know can hurt you. Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at why embedded developers need to take the Energizer USB fiasco into account when developing new products. Energizer's USB ...

I'm a tech journalist and author from Gloucestershire, UK. In a world of fast-charging USB-C devices, you might have thought AAA batteries were a thing of the past. For anyone with children's toys or ...

If you've ever hooked an Energizer Duo NiMH battery charger up to the USB port of your PC, your computer might be infected with a Trojan horse. Physorg.com reports that the malicious software, which ...

The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned that the software included in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system ...

Buying batteries — not the sexiest purchase in the world. But we all need them and never seem to have them. Here’s the fix: buy a bunch of them all at once. Right now you can buy a pack of 48 AAA ...

Security experts at Symantec have discovered a software application made for a USB-based battery charger sold by Energizer actually included a hidden backdoor that allowed unauthorized remote access ...