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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31.7.2009 Windows Live Spaces goes Live!r. Our nameless source writes:
On Monday Microsoft began rolling out Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of the world’s most widely used blogging service, MSN Spaces. The new service includes social networking features designed to help users discover and connect with friends through their trusted contacts and allows customers to personalize their Windows Live Spaces with gadgets.
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2.8.2006 Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 Office Live and Windows Live Call + Screenshots
After the announcements yesterday about Microsoft's new "live" services the company held a press conference detailing all the products in the Microsoft Live platform.
The company demoed an early version of Office Live, a managed web application for organising calendar, mail and contacts. Office Live will combine Web Hosting, Collaboration of Projects, Business Applications and Communications. Many expect a fully hosted version of Microsoft Office but this is not the company's intension for Office Live.
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New Windows Live Messenger Is Live, Web-Based
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger.
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13.10.2009 Microsoft Goes Live Crazy With Live Labs
We've heard about Windows Live, Office Live, Visual Studio Live, CRM Live. But now there's the Live granddaddy of them all:
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26.1.2006 Windows Live Mail 5 is Live
Well, almost. It's coming very soon, we promise. But for those who can't wait, here's a sneak peak at all the new features for Windows Live Mail Beta "M5" (M5 is geek speak for Milestone 5).
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1.3.2006 Windows Live Sync is Live!
We've been hard at work on the new software, and we're pleased to report that the new Windows Live Sync is now available for Windows and the Mac.
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12.12.2008 Windows Live FrameIt, a Small Piece of Windows Live Wave 3
Microsoft is currently cooking Wave 3 of its Windows Live suite of products and services. As of July 30, the Redmond company unveiled Windows Live FrameIt, a new Windows Live service built as an integral part of Wave 3.
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1.8.2008 Want to try Office Live?
If you're a U.S. Resident, you are now free to signup and give Office Live a shot. The Office Live Team has temporarily removed the waitlist for U.S. Residents. Here's what Matt Rolak says on the Office Live Blog:
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6.4.2006 Login with Live!
Microsoft today came a step closer to replacing their old .NET Passport system with the launch of the new Live.com login.
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29.4.2006 Has "Live" gone out of fashion?
First it was Warhol becoming MSN Soapbox. Next up is Search Center, the latest program which surprisingly will be losing the "Live" prefix that is being given to nearly everything else coming out of Redmond this year.
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25.9.2006 Windowsultimate.com goes live
Ultimate Extras won’t be available until January 30th, but you can get a sneak preview right now on the
Extras page.
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8.1.2007 What Does 'Visual Studio Live' Mean to You?
Microsoft officials asked for ideas for ways to extend its Visual Studio tool suite with add-on services. And ideas they got.
Pair programming and a "live" version of Visual Studio Team System are just two of
the many Visual Studio Live possibilities that Microsoft may be considering. The code name for whatever services end up part of this bundle is Tuscany. Not Visual Studio Tuscany.
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18.1.2006 Windows Live Preview
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft announced that it would release a set of services beginning in 2006 under the Windows Live brand. For the most part, the Windows Live services match up with previous projects from MSN, which had been pulled into the Windows division at Microsoft during a late 2005 reorganization.
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23.1.2006 The future of Xbox Live
Aaron Greenberg, responsible for the Xbox Live Marketplace content, was interviewed in a podcast of VGM Daily, and some interesting news surfaced:
First of all, the Xbox 360 is getting a "Virtual console" feature similar to what Nintendo planned for the Revolution, meaning older games (from other platforms) will be downloadable for a small price. The service will be officially announced at E3.
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14.4.2006 Windows Live on WSUS
Today you will see a new product category in WSUS for Windows Live. Windows Live online services include web-based products for consumers, such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Toolbar.
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19.4.2006 Xbox Live 3.0 Tuesday
Xbox Live is set to go offline from 02:00 - 15:00 Tuesday Pacific Time (10:00 Tuesday - 01:00 Wednesday GMT).
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1.5.2006 Windows Live LifeCams
Microsoft's new Windows Live section seems to be moving into the hardware business, according to LiveSide. The Redmond-based giant is planning to release 2 WebCams (or, as Microsoft calls them, LifeCams), which will produce high definition pictures, plus high-definition video on select models.
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14.5.2006 Showusyourwow.msn.com is live
Microsoft launched a new site Show Us Your Wow moment. This is the next Vista looks like site launched as a promotion of Windows Vista.
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8.1.2007 Live Messenger 8.1 will be released soon
Internal sources at Microsoft have recently revealed that the upcomming Windows Live Messenger 8.1 will be released to the world on the 25th of January via the Live Ideas page.
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20.1.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - A First Look
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5.
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27.5.2007 Windows Live OneCare 1.6
After discussion last week that Windows Live OneCare 1.6 had been released, it is now available to all users from onecare.live.com.
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6.6.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
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1.11.2007 Who uses MS Live Search?
". . . it’s mostly people that are searching for files on their own hard drive who accidentally click the ’search the net’ button."
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3.4.2008 Windows Live OneCare 2.0
Microsoft is indeed offering Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free, but only the 90-day trial period version.
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20.6.2008 Windows Live OneCare 2.5
Windows Live OneCare has moved to the next stage in its evolution. At the debut of July, 2008, Microsoft made available for download version 2.5 of its one-size-fits all security solution.
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10.7.2008 The New Windows Live Clubhouse
A new Windows Live Clubhouse and new Windows Live site will be launched on Aug 4th.
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4.8.2008Lenovo PCs to Bundle Windows Live
Despite two high-profile
departures and continued
confusion over branding,
Microsoft delivered some
positive Windows Live news
Wednesday, announcing a deal
with Lenovo to pre-load
Windows Live services with the
manufacturer's ThinkPad
notebooks and desktop PCs...
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14.03.2007IBM 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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16.08.2008Live.com to get social - share your own pages
In a relatively un-noticed
post on the Windows Live
Gallery blog last week, a new
feature called Windows Live
Collections was mentioned.
Collections are pre-made
Live.com pages with feeds and
gadgets that you can add to
your own Live.com homepage.
Although the only collections
currently available are
celebrity pages and the
standard Live.com pages such
as the new Valentine's Day
template, users will soon be
able to share their own
pages.
While letting users share
pages is a great feature, no
advertising on live.com means
the corporate angle is equally
as important.
There's also the
possibility of seeing more
co-branded Live.com homepages.
With Verizon already signed
up, some of the other ISPs
such as Qwest, who currently
has an MSN co-branded
homepage, might decide to
follow suit. Then there are
the ever-powerful PC
manufacturers, with Google
already providing a
personalised homepage for
Dell. For Live.com to really
take off, Microsoft needs to
partner with the likes of
Lenovo or HP and ensure its
place as default in the
browser - afterall, this
strategy worked for MSN.com.
Interestingly enough,
lenovo.live.com currently
redirects to live.com.
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12.02.2007Lenovo 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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21.12.2008Microsoft Offers Incentives to Businesses to Use Live Search
It's no secret that Microsoft
has failed again and again to
put a dent in Google's
domination in web search. If
anything, Google and runner-up
Yahoo have gained market share
recently. Microsoft seems to
have taken a different
approach. The software giant
is giving financial incentives
to large enterprise customers
whose employees use
Microsoft's Live Search
engine. In exchange for their
employees' Live Search usage,
Microsoft is providing
" service or training
credits " to these
enterprise customers, the
company said. The program also
allows the vendor to gather
feedback from these users
regarding Web search use in an
enterprise, Microsoft said.
Microsoft has also noted that
computer maker Lenovo Group
will pre-load Windows Live
services on its ThinkPad
notebooks, ThinkCentre
desktops and Lenovo-branded
PCs.
" As search
evolves into more of a
productivity tool, and revenue
sharing becomes more
commonplace across the
industry, we are engaging in
mutually beneficial
partnerships such as this and
our recently announced deal
with Lenovo to more easily
enable customers to choose
Live Search ," a statement
from Microsoft said.
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16.03.2007Lenovo 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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