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Published 4/23/2009 at Yahoo! News: Personal Technology

Macworld.com - Savvy road warriors know you can find USB-charging cables for many portable devices—iPods, iPhones, Bluetooth headsets, game systems, you name it—and then charge those devices by connecting them to your laptop’s USB ports or to a “universal” USB charger. (Some vendors even make portable surge protectors with built-in USB-charging ports; I've covered such devices from Belkin and Kensington.) But many laptops don’t supply power to their USB ports if the computer isn’t on and awake, and a USB charger is just one more thing to carry. (link)

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