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Tablet battery life: CNET's top six

Battery life is one of the most important features to consider when shopping for a tablet. A short battery life could mean the difference between being truly mobile with your slim, sexy, mobile device or carrying around various clunky juice boxes and power adapters, which isn't nearly as sexy.

Battery life is heavily tied to the brightness of the tablet's display and its wireless connection activity. To ensure optimal battery life, turn down that brightness and make sure Airplane mode is on. Also, stop using those frackin' apps and don't check your damn e-mail! OK, I'm … Read more

China unveils 82-foot bus

Fancy gadgets aren't the only products deserving of their own trade shows, you know. There are plenty of other innovations celebrated within their respective industries--even buses. That's right, like the kind you pay tokens to ride.

As every schoolboy knows, the Busworld Asia 2007 convention was held in Shanghai this year, though you may not have been aware of its main attraction: a bus that measures a full 82 feet long. This serpentine form of public surface transportation, which can hold 300 passengers, will be used mostly for the commute between Beijing and Hangzhou, according to Spluch. It … Read more