This kit includes tips for nearly all laptop makes and gives you power both at home and in your car. It usually sells for $80. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, ...

With more devices embracing USB Type-C charging, its possible you have plenty of adapters depending on the number of devices you have. USB Type-C offers power delivery for everything from laptops to ...

I recently failed to resist buying a compact power module from eBay for almost nothing! As usual, thereafter I leaped into the inside electronics of the module, and really amazed by the hidden magic ...

A Switzerland-based standards group wants to stop the madness of having a different charger for every laptop, and will publish a technical specification for universal laptop chargers early next year.

Just met with Kensington here at CES and they’ve got a universal notebook charger coming out next month that uses 30% less energy than conventional adapters and is, perhaps more importantly, very ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has announced a new specification for laptop chargers, designed to banish incompatible devices from the market in favour of a one-size-fits-all ...

Laptop users could soon be able to borrow or swap chargers, even if their PCs are made by different manufacturers A single power supply covering a wide range of notebook computers is a major step in ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new standard this week detailing the specifications for a single laptop charger compatible with a wide range of notebooks. While there’s ...

A new 'one size fits all' standard for notebook power supplies promises to significantly cut e-waste, if vendors decide to follow it. The Switzerland-based standards organisation, the International ...