How to Stretch Battery Life, Keep Your Laptop Healthy

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TLC for Your Laptop What good is a laptop without that precious store of electrons in its battery? This week we give you tips on how to get the most out of your battery, how to best use your laptop's power settings, and other ways to take care of that all-important, take-anywhere computer. - Senior Editor Jason Cross Top Story Long Live Your Laptop Battery! Keep your laptop battery working for years (and for hours between charges). More Laptop Tips How Not to Shut Down Your Laptop, and Other Tips Here's how to avoid mucking up Windows, why you should use Hibernate and not Sleep, and info on a Web service that could save your life. Caring for Your Laptop Jeremy Sutherland wants advice on keeping his laptop healthy. Make Your Laptop MagSafe With DIY Mod Ever pulled on your laptops power cord and dragged your portable computer with it? This recent mod aims to put a stop to that. 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