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My name is Marc, I have been working within IT for the past Six years in Software, Hardware and Network Support and Management; I have worked within the Hospitality, Food Production and Education industries.
I am currently working within education as an IT Administrator, great thing about schools? Lots and Lots of shiny switches and servers with wires that go on for miles and the beautiful ambient swoosh of computers and fans.



Monday, 21 July 2014

Chrome the Battery Killer!

Google admits Chrome is killing laptop batteries and promises a fix


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A recent report shed light on a major bug in Google’s Chrome web browser that causes the batteries in Windows laptops to drain much faster than normal. In fact, the issue could cause laptop batteries to die 25% quicker. The bug causes laptops’ processors to wake up and look for tasks 1,000 times each second instead of 64 times per second, as they should, and users have been advised to avoid using Chrome on Windows machines if they value battery life.
But help is on the way: A new report states that Google has acknowledged the issue and is currently working to fix it.
A report on Thursday from PCWorld stated that Google is not only aware of the issue, it has a team working to fix it and has made it a top priority.
“In a statement to PCWorld, the company noted that the bug has been assigned internally, and that the Chrome team is working to fix it—though only after Morris shined a spotlight on the issue,” PCWorld’s Jared Newman reported. “The long-standing bug report has been bumped up to priority one.”
Unfortunately, no timeline was given for a fix.

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