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SHANGHAI — Lenovo, the big Chinese computer maker, reported a sharp decline in its third-quarter sales and profit on Thursday and said its chief executive, William J. Amelio, had stepped down as part of a management shakeup.
The company, which said it was reeling from the effects of the global financial crisis, [...]

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Acer Aspire 6930, now with 4G wireless.
Baltimore residents looking to take advantage of Sprint’s brand-new Xohm WiMax data network can now choose among several laptops with built-in WiMax compatibility from such major manufacturers as Acer, Toshiba, and Lenovo.
On Wednesday, Acer announced that it would be bringing WiMax radios to two [...]

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We focus primarily on consumer laptops at CNET Reviews, but this week I looked at two well-designed models that target small businesses: the 13-inch Toshiba Satellite Pro U400 and the 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad SL400.
Each configuration clocks in at just north of нфШс-РЈРΜРЅРΜРҐР¶РΜСЂ,000, stripping out some enterprise features that a small-business [...]

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Those who follow the ever-growing Netbook market have been waiting for one fairly conspicuous straggler to arrive. Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10 Netbook was originally announced way back on August 4, but has only just started shipping.
We eagerly checked the incoming-mail pile this morning, and were very excited to find a brand new Lenovo [...]

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With the back-to-school shopping season drawing to a close and the holiday shopping season not quite begun, life in the world of laptops is relatively quiet.
Relatively, but not completely: there were a handful of new products for notebook enthusiasts this week. Lenovo unveiled the wide-screen X200 Tablet and a sporty X200s at [...]

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About a month ago, Lenovo refreshed the 13.3-inch ThinkPad X300 (a CNET Editors’ Choice winner) by incorporating one of Intel’s new ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo CPUs, adding a DisplayPort connection, and rechristening it the ThinkPad X301.
As the product name indicates, it’s an evolutionary step. The ThinkPad X301’s Centrino 2 components [...]

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Lenovo also announced a dock made for the X200 series that offers DVD or Blu-ray optical drives
Lenovo has made official two new lightweight business notebooks. The systems are the ThinkPad X200s and the X200t. The two notebooks offer some nice feature upgrades compared to the models they are replacing.
Lenovo has set its systems apart from the [...]

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At Thursday’s Pepcom press event in New York, Lenovo showed off an updated ultraportable Tablet PC and an even lighter version of the ThinkPad X200.
The ThinkPad X200 Tablet finally brings the wide-screen format to Lenovo’s tablet line, with a 12.1-inch display and up to WXGA resolution. Buyers can opt for an [...]

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Lenovo drops its pre-loaded Linux for PCs and laptops
Lenovo officially stopped online sales of desktop PCs and laptops with Linux as a pre-installed operating system instead of Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.  A year ago, the company started shipping select models with the Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system, but online sales simply weren’t [...]

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When it comes to laptops, ultrathin is in — particularly since the launch of Apple’s MacBook Air earlier this year. As might be expected, though, the Air isn’t the only game in town — skinny laptops are available from a variety of other vendors.
However, stylish doesn’t always mean functional. You needn’t look further than the [...]

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