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1. The Fujitsu Lifebook P1620
With the hype surrounding the new Macbook Air still fresh, it’s hard not to compare it to other ultra-light notebooks that come to market. So when Fujitsu released another of their successful Lifebook ultra-mobile tablet PCs, we naturally reviewed it with an eye toward Apple’s offering.
To be fair, the Lifebook [...]

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Dell reported revenue of nearly US$16 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, up 10 percent from a year ago, but fell short of analyst estimates.
The company on Thursday reported revenue of US$15.989 billion, short of the US$16.265 billion estimate from analysts polled by Thomson Financial. Dell reported net income of US$679 million, falling [...]

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Intel’s low-power processor code-named Diamondville will initially be available as a single-core processor, but the company is planning a dual-core version, said a source familiar with Intel’s plans.
The dual-core Diamondville will deliver better performance than the single-core version and will be for low-cost desktops, the source said.
The dual-core Diamondville chip take Intel [...]

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The European Commission Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the takeover of Dutch computer maker Packard Bell by Acer of Taiwan, after a one-month examination of the deal.
In a statement Europe’s top competition authority said the deal “would not significantly impede effective competition,” even though the companies compete head-on in the markets for desktops and [...]

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Watch out, Apple. The MacBook Air now has some serious company.
Lenovo Group Tuesday unveiled its ThinkPad X300 laptop, an ultra-thin machine that weighs in at 2.9 pounds and measures three-fourths of an inch at its thinnest point.
Apple Inc. announced the MacBook Air in January when CEO Steve Jobs pulled the Hollywood-thin notebook [...]

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Princeton (NJ) – Researchers from Princeton University are describing a new and apparently very effective security attack that will allow hackers to access encrypted data on your PC. Technologies such Microsoft’s BitLocker, Apple’s FileVault and Linux’s dm-crypt have no defense against this new attack.
A stolen laptop is a scary scenario for any road warrior, especially [...]

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Toshiba is set to unveil a line of micro-Serial ATA 1.8-in. disk drives that can operate at spin speeds of 5,400 rpm.
Toshiba said the 80GB MK8016GSG and 120GB MK1216GSG drives are slated to ship to mobile PC manufacturers and partners in April. The drives weigh about 62 grams, according to the company.
The company [...]

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Research Triangle Park (NC) – Lenovo today officially unveiled its Macbook Air killer – not quite as extreme as the Apple notebook, but with more configuration options and, depending on your view, for less money.

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Lenovo on Monday launched the much-anticipated ThinkPad X300 ultraportable, challenging Apple’s MacBook Air as the lightest and thinnest notebook available today.
Weighing started at 2.93 pounds (1.33 kilograms). Lenovo claims ThinkPad X300 is more feature-rich than Apple’s 3-pound MacBook Air. Lenovo has included three USB ports and an ultrathin DVD burner, while MacBook Air has [...]

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