Lenovo To Shun Linux
Computer maker Lenovo will not install or support the Linux operating system on any of its PCs, including ThinkPads and a series of new notebooks, the company said this week.
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5.6.2006 Lenovo vows unbelievably fast Windows 7 boots
Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold rush: The PC vendor boasts it has the fastest boot-up and shutdown times.
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28.9.2009 Microsoft blacklists leaked Lenovo OEM Windows 7 Key
According to Neowin, Microsoft has responded to the latest Windows 7 cracking scheme by blacklisting the Lenovo OEM master key on computers that are not manufactured by Lenovo.
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31.7.2009IBM Offloads Third of Lenovo Shares
IBM on Tuesday continued
offloading its stake in
Chinese computer manufacturer
Lenovo, which bought the
company's PC business and
ThinkPad brand name in 2005.
IBM is selling 223 million
shares, nearly one-third of
its 7.4 percent stake in
Lenovo...
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08.05.2007Lenovo In Talks To Buy Packard Bell
Lenovo Group, the world's
third-largest maker of
personal computers, is in
talks to buy European PC maker
Packard Bell BV from principal
owner John Hui, the companies
said Tuesday.
Lenovo is negotiating the
deal with Hui, also known as
Lap Shun Hui, the former owner
of eMachines, another computer
maker, Packard Bell said.
"Lenovo is
in exclusive talks to acquire
Packard Bell," a Packard Bell
spokesman said.
He denied a media
report that Lenovo was
competing with Acer to buy
Packard Bell. Lenovo said it
is also working with other
parties or government bodies
"in preparation for the
entering into of definitive
agreements for such proposed
acquisition."..
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08.08.2007Lenovo ThinkPad X301 Updates Company's Notebook Line
The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebooks is an updated version of the ultra-thin ThinkPad X300 laptop that Lenovo released earlier in 2008. The newer
version of the Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook will offer Intel low-volt processors. The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 will also now include a new solid state
drive with 128GB of data storage capacity.
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16.08.2008Lenovo planning to cut 200 jobs in China
Chinese computer manufacturer, Lenovo is planning to cut 200 jobs at the company's headquarters in Beijing, Reuters reports. Lenovo is only one
of the growing number of companies slashing their work force due to the poor economic state. Lenovo plans to announce restructuring changes on
January 8, 2009, which it hopes will get it out of debt, since acquiring IBM's PC unit back in 2005 for $1.25 Billion. Recently, IBM has been
moving back from the Lenovo series after it had a number of sell-offs over the past year, where customers are not adopting the brand as expected in
North America.
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04.01.2009Meet the Lenovo Pocket Yoga
Today eight pictures hit Lenovo's Flickr stream showing us an apparent concept of the "Lenovo Pocket Yoga Netbook", the next generation of
pocket netbooks? As you can see, this device can fit in your back pocket. Sporting an ultra-wide screen design, this device can also flip 360
degrees into a tablet PC. Director of Lenovo's Beijing Inovation Center, Johnson Li, has spoke with the guys over at Design Matters giving the
following details about the design: "Pocket Yoga is shaped just like a large wallet. You can easily put it into your pocket.
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16.03.2009Lenovo ThinkPad Notebooks Will Use Text Messages for Additional Security
Lenovo is using text messaging to add an additional layer of security to the companys line of ThinkPad notebooks. Starting in 2009, Lenovo ThinkPad
notebook users can use an SMS text message to shutdown a laptop that has been stolen or has been lost. This new feature, called Lenovo Constant Secure
Remote Disable, was developed in conjunction with Phoenix Technologies to work with the ThinkPads BIOS.
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25.11.2008Ericsson to supply HSDPA chips for Lenovo notebooks
Laptops from Lenovo will start shipping this year with HSDPA technology built in, which can theoretically support download speeds up to 14.4MBps...
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04.02.2008Lenovo hardware must qualify for Olympics too
As the Beijing Olympics approach, the testing deadline draws nearer for a technology infrastructure which has been built exclusively for the games by
Lenovo. So the company is staging a dress rehearsal...
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30.05.2008Lenovo Enters U.S. Consumer
Market
Lenovo took the first steps
into the United States
Thursday, introducing its
first branded computers
outside the Chinese market.
The company held press
conferences across the world,
as well as in Torino, Italy
where the 2006 Winter Olympics
is underway...
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23.02.2006Lenovo to launch dual-screen Workstation at CES
Lenovo is all geared up to launch its Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Workstation at the CES Expo this January. The most interesting thing about this
workstation is that it features a dual screen display, hence the 'ds' in its product name(short for 'dual screen'). The workstation
comes with a dual screen display - The main screen is 17 inches and the secondary screen is 10.6 inches. Lenovo is also offering users the option of
selecting the less expensive Intel Core 2 Quad Processor (2.66GHz built on the newer 45-nanometer manufacturing process) instead of the Intel Core 2
Extreme along with the dual screen display.
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21.12.2008Lenovo to Ship Linux on Select Notebooks
Following in the footsteps of
Dell, Lenovo said Monday that
it plans to give both
consumers and businesses the
option to have Linux installed
as the default operating
system over Windows on select
models...
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06.08.2007Lenovo Not Giving Up on Packard Bell Yet
Despite the announcement that Gateway will acquire Packard Bell, Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo said Tuesday that it will not completely give up
on attempts to acquire the company itself...
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26.09.2007Positivo: Lenovo buyout bid 'not in our best interest'
Brazilian PC maker Positivo has confirmed in a regulatory filing that it has rejected a buyout offer from Lenovo, estimated in the Brazilian press as
worth up to $800 million...
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19.12.2008Former Dell Exec is New Lenovo
CEO
Stephen Ward, the IBM
executive who helped engineer
the merger deal between Lenovo
and the venerable PC maker,
said Tuesday that he would
step down and remain as a
consultant to the company.
Replacing Ward is former Dell
Asia chief William Amelio...
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21.12.2005Microsoft, Lenovo Partner in China on R&D
Microsoft and Lenovo announced
an agreement Wednesday that
will combine their research
and development efforts in the
consumer and mobile technology
sectors. The announcement
comes as Chairman Bill Gates
arrived in China to hold talks
with government leaders...
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19.04.2007Lenovo Recalls 560,000 Sony Batteries
In conjunction with the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety
Commission, both IBM and
Lenovo announced that they
were calling for the voluntary
recall of approximately
526,000 laptop batteries
manufactured by Sony...
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29.09.2006Lenovo Investigating Sony
Battery Fire
Although it was not among the
companies to issue a battery
recall, Lenovo acknowledged
over the weekend that it was
investigating an incident in
which an IBM ThinkPad T43
laptop overheated and caught
fire at Los Angeles
International Airport...
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25.09.2006Lenovo pushes ahead with desktop PCs for the States
On the heels of its first consumer desktop, the IdeaCentre K200, in China in May, Lenovo has now released the IdeaCentre K210, a consumer desktop
machine for use globally...
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01.07.2008Lenovo Recalls 205,000 Laptop Batteries
Lenovo is recalling
approximately 205,000
lithium-ion batteries used
worldwide in ThinkPad laptops,
however this time Sony isn't
the culprit. The batteries in
this recall were produced by
Sanyo...
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01.03.2007Lenovo Debuts SUSE Linux
Portables
Lenovo debuted its first
Linux-based laptops at
LinuxWorld in San Francisco on
Tuesday, running SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop 10 provided
through a partnership with
Novell. The systems are the
result of a two-year research
effort by the two companies as
well as Intel...
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