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Laptop Tips: Battery Life, Security, Upgrades Long Live Your Laptop Battery! Keep your laptop battery working for years (and for hours between charges). What to Do When You Lose Your Tech Gear When your cell phone, laptop, or other gear goes missing, these essential tips will improve your odds of recovering itï¾­or ensure that the lost item wont come back to haunt you. How to Upgrade Your Laptop's Hard Drive to an SSD Want to speed up your laptop and lengthen its battery life? Swap the hard disk drive out for a speedy solid-state drive. Laptop News Apple iPad Hits Stores in the US Dangerous PCs: Users Blame Sudden Acceleration for Recent Spate of Injuries Will iPad Kill Netbooks? Tablets Could Slow Netbook Shipments in 2010 Deals of the Week Will the IPad Live up to the Hype? Apple's iPad to Spur Gadget Overload? 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