You know that the remote battery is dead but you press the TV remote button harder thinking that it will work! Pressing the button hard doesn’t work and finally you change the battery. Mostly remote controls use two AA size batteries which give about 3.2V when they are new and this voltage declines with the usage. With decline of this volt, range of your remote also declines and you have to fight with remote to change channel! Now my point in telling all this that being a cheap man I don’t like buying new batteries every now and then so I thought of some cheap and long lasting system. Most of us in our home have cellphone which is out of date, not working or just a piece of junk which is thrown away in corner. Its time to use that phone now! Take that phone and if its charger works then charge the phone battery. If phone doesn’t work then take out the battery and charge it using another phone. Now I know this battery must not be in good shape but we don’t need any powerful battery here too. After charging the battery, see the size of this battery and check if any remote in your house can fit this battery inside its battery compartment. Don’t worry for the +ve and –ve contacts, just see if it can fit, remove some extra plastics from the battery if needed. Once it gets snugly fit inside remote connect the +ve and –ve terminals. In my case as you can see in photo that –ve terminal is already aligned with –ve contact of remote, it’s just a good coincidence but for positive I have to use a short wire. Don’t worry if this thing looks ugly as you are going to put back the battery compartment cover after doing all this so no one would know what’s inside. While doing all this, just make sure that both the terminals of the battery should not touch each other, else you may burn your finger or even explode the battery! After connecting, check the remote and it should work now. If it doesn’t then don’t panic, just check the polarity and contacts. If all done properly, your remote will not need any battery replacement for some years to come! And yes one more advantage is that your remote becomes few grams lighter. Enjoy!

Warning: If you are minor then don’t do this experiment on your own, do it under guidance of your parents.

Disclaimer: Though I have checked that above described method works, in fact I am using this in my home but I am not responsible for any damage caused by using the method given above.

Green House expects to release its 24-inch wide monitor ‘GH-TIG243SH-LB’ in Japan market, which supports 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response speed, and 400 cd/m² brightness. This sleek new LCD monitor is equipped with a stereo speaker (2W + 2W) and HDMI port; it is expected to be available in early May for 57,800 JPY.

To cater to users who require a motherboard with powerful performance and great energy savings, ASUS has released the ‘ASUS P5K/EPU’ series of motherboards in Korea market.

Comprising of the P5K/EPU, P5K SE/EPU and P5K Pro, this series of motherboards feature support for Intel’s P35 chipset, and are ready for the next generation of Intel’s 45nm processors. ASUS’ exclusive EPU technology is also included for outstanding energy savings, as well as Precision Tweaker 2, which gives users the ability to optimize settings for the best possible performance.

The ASUS-developed EPU is the world’s first hardware-based on-demand power saving IC controller. This automatic energy saving chip utilizes an innovative power technology to digitally monitor and automatically fine-tune the CPU power supply with improved VRM efficiency under any loading. With real-time automatic detection of the CPU current, the EPU attains the best possible power efficiency and astounding energy savings to help save the environment – providing users with more power for higher performance; and saving up to 80.23% CPU power when the PC is running low intensity programs.

The EPU is coupled with the innovative AI Gear3+ application – which features a new user interface that shows users exactly how much electricity and CO2 is being saved; and the ASUS exclusive Third Generation 8-phase Power Design, to provide up to 50% enhanced power efficiency.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (same company who manufactured faulty BL5C battery for Nokia) which is best known for its Panasonic brand as developed a 150-inch plasma display TV panel which is the world’s biggest plasma TV. A prototype model of the television will be displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show which is going to be held next month in the US. The advantage of such big plasma will be that an actual size image of human being can be displayed making movies look more realistic.

Vividaudio plans to launch a new HiFi speaker ‘G1 GIYA’ featuring unusual design at upcoming CES 2008 in Las Vegas USA. These designer speakers are more of a lifestyle product and not for audio enthusiasts. Regarding the sound quality, geeks apart everyone else should find it very satisfactory. Speakers also double as a decorative piece.

Networking problems may require extensive maintenance and having a remote management solution is always a good. Uplogix manufactures these remote management solutions which make the administration and fixing problems an easy task. This company has been for quite some time and gained popularity, you can read about MTTR and know more about this company also. Their products use strongest security techniques. What makes these remote management solutions in demand is the ability of fixing problem quickly and getting everything back to running condition which is very important in networking.