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19.11.2010
My good friend, Keith, who describes himself as "a recovering physicist", just posted an interesting item to titled "Did Sophos Free A-V for Mac kill my Time Machine backups?" If you use Apple's Time Machine and you're thinking of running Sophos antivirus product, or for that matter, any antivirus product, this is worth a read because it looks like Keith has uncovered a nettlesome problem.

First up this week, Duracell has added a new device to its myGrid line : The myGrid USB Charger, a rechargeable battery pack with a built-in myGrid interface.

are really useful if your cell phone starts to run out of juice, particularly when you're travelling. These products come in several configurations, including the Powerhouse USB charger, which has a 3.7V/2000 mAh capacity and can charge two devices at once.

The Powerhouse has a built-in swinging mini-USB arm you plug into devices to be recharged and a mini-USB port for recharging from any computer USB port or adapter. I've used this with several cell phones (BlackBerries for example), but for phones such as the my favorite, the HTC Incredible, which has a , you'll need a mini USB to micro USB adapter.

The new product, the ($34.99), adds a myGrid interface to a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack making it pretty mindless to keep it fully charged -- you just drop it on a myGrid pad and it sucks up juice.

Duracell claims the device, at 3.7V/1800mAh, can provide at least four hours of power for smartphones such as the iPhone and latest BlackBerry models, at least 100 hours of reading on e-readers such as the Kindle, at least 30 hours on MP3 players and at least 10 hours on Bluetooth headsets.