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RSS lenovo in newsLenovo reports strong first quarter
News Lenovo Group reported a 10.5 per cent increase in its fiscal first quarter revenues, despite a weakening global economy. Despite a softening global economy, we delivered solid gains in worldwide sales," Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman, said in a... [08 Aug 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News A spokesperson for Lenovo said: "In line with our agreement with Microsoft, Lenovo will not offer any PC's preloaded with XP after June 30 2008. Lenovo offers select Vista models that ship with a downgrade XP CD in the box. [16 Jun 2008]
HP rolls out mass overhaul of PCs
News Though competitors like Acer, Dell and Lenovo are increasingly focusing on consumer retail PCs, HP has shown that it doesn't want to give up any of the ground it's gained over the last two quarters. HP, the world's largest PC manufacturer, rolled... [11 Jun 2008]
Lenovo puts Olympic tech through its paces
News Over 300 Lenovo engineers will be involved in a three-day comprehensive technology rehearsal next month, in what is described as the most gruelling test in preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympics starting 8 August. [30 May 2008]
HP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News IBM, on the other hand, sold its PC arm to Lenovo four years ago. Hewlett-Packard is in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems, HP has confirmed. The Wall Street Journal initially reported the two have been in talks for HP to buy EDS for $12bn to... [13 May 2008]
Dell, HP, Lenovo openly pledge Linux driver support
News Dell, HP and Lenovo have promised to push chipset vendors to make open-source drivers for Linux. Representatives from Dell, HP and Lenovo made the commitment at a Linux Foundation conference last week, promising to include wording in their hardware... [02 May 2008]
Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive
News Lenovo, for example, plans to keep offering an XP recovery disc with some Vista models through January 2009, according to InformationWeek. Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are... [28 Apr 2008]
US no longer king of the PC?
News The world's top five PC vendors remained in their same positions (HP, Dell, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba), and all grew faster than the total market. The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to IDC's... [17 Apr 2008]
'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi
News Dell, HP and Lenovo are to incorporate Qualcomm's Gobi chipset into their laptops later this year. Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travellers to connect to both High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution... [07 Apr 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News According to a Google source, Google security researchers report compromised sites to StopBadware.org, a clearinghouse for web malware research run by Harvard Law School, Oxford University and technology companies including Google, Lenovo and Sun. [20 Feb 2008]
Intel super skinny chip in demand
News Silicon.com sister site CNET News.com has learnt that Lenovo and Fujitsu are in the process of putting together systems based on the Core 2 Duo chip that Apple is using in the MacBook Air. Representatives for Lenovo, Intel and Fujitsu declined to... [01 Feb 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News As for PCs, Microsoft plans to show off a new Lamborghini laptop from Asus, as well as Lenovo's new IdeaPad consumer laptop line, which includes a model that uses flash memory rather than a hard drive for storage. [07 Jan 2008]
Lenovo dropping IBM logo two years early
News Lenovo plans to stop using the IBM logo on its products, with a complete switchover before next summer's Beijing Olympics. William Amelio, chief executive of Lenovo, said in a press announcement relating to its quarterly results: "By making... [05 Nov 2007]
Is Apple letting virtual Leopards roar?
News Users of systems and software from PC manufactures such as Dell or Lenovo, cannot run Leopard on these systems legally. Apple will now allow versions of Leopard to be run in a virtual machine, after initially saying it would not permit users to... [02 Nov 2007]
Gateway set to acquire Packard Bell
News The announcement wasn't a surprise - Gateway and Lenovo have waged a public battle over Packard Bell - with Gateway announcing its intentions in August. Lenovo did not respond to a request for comment. [09 Oct 2007]
