What Is Good About Nicad Batteries

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Popular rechargeable batteries are the nickel cadmium (NiCad) or Ni-Cd and the Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH). Ni-Cd is older technology and is still good for beginners, many low use commercial applications and general and small items use. The main advantage of nicad batteries is that these batteries are inexpensive however there is a disadvantage as these batteries can develop memory. That is to say the batteries can remember their last charge. If this does it occur it means that if you use only 90% of the battery and you recharge it the battery will only recharge to 90% capacity. Many industrial and commercial nicd batteries are in effect not rechargeable and hence do not incur these problems. The ni-cd batteries come in single, twin and ...jb battery, nicd batteries

Fake Antivirus Scams Spread To Android

Image via CrunchBaseImage by Getty Images via @daylifeSharkLaser writes "Fake antivirus scams have plagued Windows and Mac OSX during the last couple of years. Now it seems like such scams have spread to Android. Fake antivirus scams on Android work the same as they do on PC's — a user with an Android phone downloads an application or visits a website that says that the user's device is infected with malware. It will then show a fake scan of the system and return hard-coded 'positives' and gives the option the option to buy antivirus software that will 'remove' the malware on the affected system. Android, which is based on Linux, has been plagued with malware earlier too. According to McAfee, almost all new mobile malware now targets Android. Android app stores, including the official one from Google, has also been hosting hundreds of trojan applications that send premium rate SMSes on behalf of unsuspecting users."