For years, notebook technology has been advancing at an incredible pace. Processors grew in speed exponentially, along with hard drive capacities, and mobile multicore computing made a huge splash with the Core Duo. In contrast, the biggest headline for batteries this year was that the current generation has a tendency to explode.
Samsung is going to give laggard consumer notebook battery technology and needed boost next year with, get this, a battery that will last an entire month!

They also have one that doesn't look like a cordless docking station, but it only lasts a week.
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