ASUS rolls out B series laptops with Boston-Power's Sonata batteries

Well, it looks like HP is no longer your only option to get Boston-Power's "game-changing" Sonata batteries -- ASUS has just announced that it will be offering the long-life lithium-ion batteries as standard tackle on its new B series laptops. Those come in both 14.1-inch and 15.6-inch versions -- the B43 and B53, correspondingly and are accessible with your choice of Core i5 or Core i7 processors, ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 or incorporated Intel graphics, 2GB or 4GB of RAM, a standard 320GB hard drive, and ATI Eyefinity support to accommodate two additional displays. As for those Sonata batteries, while they won't last much longer in day-to-day use, they do promises to work at 80% of their ability for three years, which is backed up by a three-year warranty. Look for the B53 to hit retailers instantly starting at $1,099, while the B43 is said to be coming "in the near future" for an undetermined price.

A new BlackBerry launch even as its gets banned in Emirates

The first BlackBerry that combines a touch screen with the device's signature full-alphabet keyboard is coming to AT&T stores in the U.S. next week.

Research In Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry, says the BlackBerry Torch will cost $199.

The keyboard slides out from underneath the screen. RIM's first touch-screen model, the Storm, lacked a keyboard and hasn't proved popular.

Photon enhanced thermionic emission

Engineers at Stanford have industrial a process which can connect the light and heat of the sun concurrently, which could lead to solar cells that are two times as capable as those currently existing. Called photon enhanced thermionic emission -- or PETE for short -- the process differs from conventional cells which lose effectiveness as temperatures rise, and the materials required to make the cells are cheap and widely existing. The engineers got around the lower efficiencies by coating a piece of semi conducting material with a thin cover of the metal cesium, which enables the material to use both heat and light at the same time. While the materials as currently verified work best in very high temperatures, the researchers specify that in the near future, the materials could have wide enough application to make them competitive with traditional forms of energy.Hit the source for the full story.