A Switzerland-based standards group wants to stop the madness of having a different charger for every laptop, and will publish a technical specification for universal laptop chargers early next year.

My laptop's AC adapter is among the worst offenders (two cords!), which is why I'm thinking very seriously about this: ZipKord has the Retractable Universal Laptop Combo-Charger for $20, plus a ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new standard this week detailing the specifications for a single laptop charger compatible with a wide range of notebooks. While ...

A standards body has unveiled a specification for a standard laptop charger to help cut waste. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) noted that billions of external chargers are ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has announced a new specification for laptop chargers, designed to banish incompatible devices from the market in favour of a one-size-fits-all ...

Universal laptop charger specification published Laptop users could soon be able to borrow or swap chargers, even if their PCs are made by different manufacturers By Sophie Curtis 16 December 2013 ...

USB-C ports were supposed to bring universal charging, but the last time PCWorld dove into it, the results were pretty dismal. Google’s second-generation Chromebook Pixel and Apple’s original ...

One Charger to rule them all, One Charger to plug in, One Charger to use on all and in a universal technical specification bind them. At least this is what the International Electrotechnical ...

Just met with Kensington here at CES and they’ve got a universal notebook charger coming out next month that uses 30% less energy than conventional adapters and is, perhaps more importantly ...