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New motion-controlled gaming console Ebox supported by Lenovo

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Lenovo is providing financial support and technical input for a new motion-controlled gaming console which is specifically developed for the Chinese market. The Ebox will be made and distributed by Eedoo Technology Ltd from Beijing, a Lenovo’s business arm. Funds reaching $10 million and about 40 members of Lenovo’s technical staff contributing to this project. [...]

Apple credited with 8.8 percent US computer share and is closer to Acer

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Apple is closer to Acer’s third place in the United States computer market, as IDC estimates. Apple claims now 8.8 percent of market share and is ranked fourth, after a growth situated above the average year-over-year rate. It has 1.62 million Macs. Acer is third but has dropped from 12.3 percent to only 11 percent. [...]

Lenovo’s 3D IdeaPad Y560d will soon start shipping

Published on: 6th July, 2010

Lenovo has started shipping its IdeaPad Y560d, the company’s first 3D notebook. The new IdeaPad benefits from the TriDef 3D system, driven by an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, which was preferred to the well-known 3D technology from NVIDIA. As a standard, all models have a 15.6-inch display, with 1366×768 resolution.
The first to arrive on [...]

Apple – the only US computer assembler to beat industry average

Published on: 11th June, 2010

Apple has been the only American assembler of computers to beat the average for growth of the industry in the beginning of 2010. With Macs climbing 32.4 percent year-over-year, Apple gained 3.4 percent market share of total computer sales worldwide, which means the seventh place. Hewlett Packard and Dell have grown slower than the 22.7 [...]

IBM and Lenovo lead in reliability report, Apple is third

Published on: 6th June, 2010

The latest computer reliability report of Rescuecom shows improvements in the scores of the top five companies.
IBM and Lenovo have seen the strongest growth and share the first place for the first quarter of this year. Although Apple has maintained the highest overall score in 2009, it is only ranked third. Asus comes second according [...]

Lenovo reveals quad Core i7 touch all-in-one and Ion graphics nettop

Published on: 16th May, 2010

Lenovo has modernized its IdeaCentre desktops by making its first high-end all-in-one computer. The A700 upgrades from Core 2 Duo to a quad-core 1.73GHz mobile Core i7. It has a 1,080-pixel, 23-inch touchscreen display and is the first PC that uses a Surface Acoustic Wave panel. Lenovo claims this panel is extra-responsive compared to other [...]

Ultra-thin IdeaPad S10-3 and NVIDIA Ion nettop from Lenovo

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Lenovo has added two new Atom-based computers to its mix, bringing new technology, the IdeaPad S10-3 and the C200 nettop.
The IdeaPad S10-3 is about 0.63 inches thick, one of the thinnest netbooks, and uses the same design techniques as the ThinkPad Edge. It has similar rounded chiclet keys and a trackpad running the lip, as [...]

Rumours about Lenovo taking over Palm cause a stock rush

Published on: 13th April, 2010

Some recently launched speculations about Lenovo taking over Palm, which has suffered lower sales than previously projected and therefore poor quarter earnings, have triggered a stock rush a few days ago. Stock prices for Palm have consequently dropped and, for this reason, the company is more appealing to a takeover by other companies. The same [...]

Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y460 now available

Published on: 6th March, 2010

Two versions of Lenovo’s new IdeaPad Y460 have started shipping. Both are part of the company’s mid-range notebooks exclusively designed for home-use. The two versions offer Windows 7 Home Premium, 4GB of RAM (or up to 6GB), 14-inch screens and dual-layer DVD writers. The models also benefit from 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 1.3-megapixel [...]

Lenovo’s ThinkPad W701 to have USB 3.0 and 16GB of RAM

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Lenovo has recently updated its highest-end series of ThinkPad W.
The first ThinkPad with USB 3.0 is the W701, which should support the 5Gbps standard dedicated to very fast external hard drives as well as future peripherals down the line. The large case of the W701 supports up from 8GB up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM [...]

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