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Lenovo Announces The World's Largest ThinkPad: The ThinkPad W700

By Jerry Jackson | 8/12/2008

Lenovo today introduced the ThinkPad W700, a 17-inch widescreen mobile workstation offering unique innovations like a built-in digitizer surface and color calibrator for graphic artists and designers. The new ThinkPad W700 also combines new NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile graphics and Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core processor technology with other features such as optional dual hard drives with RAID configurations, up to 8GB of high speed DDR3 memory, a range of wireless connectivity options and an optional Blu-ray DVD burner/player.

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Sager introduces new Montevina notebooks

By Charles P. Jefferies | 7/16/2008

Sager Computer recently introduced several new notebook computers based on the newly-available Intel 'Montevina' platform. The Montevina platform includes the new Intel PM45 chipset and ICH9M core logic, along with updated Core 2 processors. The Centrino 2 branding will not be available until August, when the new wireless cards to compliment the platfom follow.

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News Bits: Yahoo! rejects Microsoft, Starbucks gives away free WiFi, Dell gets wireless USB

By Charles P. Jefferies | 2/12/2008

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PDANet: Notebook Broadband for Smartphone Users

By Jerry Jackson | 1/14/2008

Broadband wireless networking is more popular than ever as more and more consumers want to access the internet from any location. But what if you're already paying an expensive monthly fee for a smartphone and can't afford a notebook broadband account? PDANet comes to the rescue.

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Sprint WiMAX Network Coming In April. Do We Care?

By Jerry Jackson | 1/10/2008

Speaking at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Sprint CTO Barry West announced that the company is on track to launch their WiMAX service, called Xohm, around the end of April. Is this new wireless connection service going to be the next must-have technology, or is it just too soon to tell?

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News Bits:Gateway Battery Recall, Intel Processor Roadmap, New Samsung Hard Drives

By Charles P. Jefferies | 6/20/2007

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News Bits: Wireless Power, Lenovo X60 Tablets at the NBA Finals, MSI Features Turbo Overclock Button

By Charles P. Jefferies | 6/8/2007

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How to Use an XBox Controller as a Media Center Remote

By Kevin O'Brien | 6/3/2007

Some of today's larger notebooks can serve well as media center systems. But if they don't offer a wireless remote control, it's hard to control them from a distance. An XBox controller in combination with some free software can substitute nicely as a powerful remote control for your notebook.

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Fujitsu E8410, E8310 T4220, and A6030 Centrino Duo Notebooks Announced

By Charles P. Jefferies | 5/9/2007

Fujitsu today debuted four new LifeBook notebooks featuring the new Intel Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa) platform. All four will be available in Q2 and feature higher performance, improved wireless connectivity, and longer battery life.

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Toshiba Satellite A205 and Satellite P205 Notebooks Announced

By Andrew | 4/15/2007

Toshiba today is launching a couple of new consumer notebooks. The Satellite A205 is a Vista loaded 15.4" widescreen notebook that features a built-in web camera, Core 2 Duo processor, LabelFlash optical drive and Intel 802.11n wireless. The Satellite P205 is a larger 17" screen Vista notebook that also offers a web camera, Core 2 Duo, LabelFlash and 802.11n wireless.

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Laptop Battery Life: How Wireless Affects Power Consumption

By Andrew | 3/30/2007

There's a lot of factors that come into play when considering notebook battery life. In a multi-part series we'll look at some of these factors individually. Part one includes a look at how wireless can affect your battery life and how much it's worth worrying about.

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