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Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by rmk2 on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @08:26AM (#6717628)
Does your laptop support Wake-on-LAN[1]? I know I have it activated (and sometimes use it), which means though that it doesn't power down 100%, since the NIC still has to be reachable by magic packets. That's just one reason why it might still drain battery.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

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Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by philliphaydon on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:16AM (#6717912)
Oh, didn't even know that existed. When I fire up my laptop I'll take a look. Cheers.
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