Duell and his family live mainly on the third floor of the 12, 000-square-foot, late-Federal-style Edmondston-Alston House on Charleston's Battery.

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Measuring in at just 7.9mm (0.3 inches) thick and weighing a mere 250g (0.55 lbs), the tablet still manages to house a 3, 100mAh battery, and a Snapdragon MSM8960 1.5GHz dual-core processor.

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And you need a long cord to charge the battery, and you must do this at your house or garage.

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The Armada E500 will also include three slots that can all simultaneously house batteries for a total of nine hours of battery life, according to Compaq.

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From March 25-28, IBOPE Zogby polled 1, 930 likely voters with a battery of questions about the possibility of Congress and the White House failing to pass a budget and causing a government shutdown.

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It's official: battery-powered all-in-ones you can schlep around the house are now a thing.

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Dundee Sheriff Court heard that prosecutors allege he rigged up a "man-made assembly in his house suspended from the ceiling by thin ropes, with a car battery and cans of petrol nearby".

BBC: Dudhope Court

Consumers are valuing increased battery life more and more as they are taking their laptops to different rooms in the house.

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The hybrid battery system, hybrid transmission system and software for C-MAX Energi all were developed in-house.

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