People who have already downloaded these games to their Wii System can transfer them to their Wii U consoles and play them in Wii Mode at no charge.

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Among less expensive solutions, Nissan engineered the 2013 Leaf with a new range-extending drive mode the company says can increase the distance it can travel on a single charge by up to 15%, to 84 miles, by allowing the customer to choose to use up 100% of the energy stored in the battery.

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Samsung Droid Charge: A new update is available for the Droid Charge that installs Verizon Remote Diagnostics software, enables the Wireless Alerting System and blocks USB tethering while in WiFi mode.

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It takes at least 20 milliwatts to keep a mobile phone operating in standby mode, but Nokia hopes that power scavenging might eventually deliver 50 milliwatts, enough to trickle-charge a phone.

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Because owners plug in to charge the advanced lithium-ion battery in C-MAX Energi, the vehicle is able to achieve increased electric mode and total range.

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