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July 2, 2011 04:43 pm GMT

New Wifi Tech Could Double Your Phone's Battery Life

If you ever get the sense that someone on the wifi network you're using is hogging all the juice, you may be right. Not only does sharing wifi with others downloading large files interfere with your enjoyment of the latest viral video, but it can majorly drain your battery as well. A new solution from a Duke University computer science graduate student could alleviate your frustrations and as much as double your battery life by allowing your wifi device to "nap" until more bandwidth is available. This means you might have to wait a few minutes, but that could be a productivity boon anyway.

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