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Lenovo's World of Leather
Blog Comment I have always seen the thinkpad as the audi of laptops - with all the smart thinking employed inside the box. and completely at odds with the understated, matt black look of the Thinkpad. This would mark a departure into the hideous territory of...
[September 6, 2007, 11:04]
Notebook makers tune into wireless
News A source close to IBM said the ThinkPad T23, which could be up to a couple of months from launch, will add integrated wireless networking to the company's line of thin-and-light portables. The source said the antenna needed for the wireless...
[May 11, 2001, 8:12]
Lenovo recalls 205,000 ThinkPad batteries
News Lenovo is offering to replace, for free, 205,000 extended-life nine-cell batteries that shipped in several of its ThinkPad models. The nine-cell battery packs were sold as part of the following ThinkPad models, or as optional or replacement packs:
[March 1, 2007, 14:51]
Skype and Lenovo agree pre-installation deal
Blog Beginning immediately, all ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktop PCs that are sold around the world include the internet telephony (VoIP) and video-calling client, Skype blogger Peter Parkes wrote on Monday.
[October 19, 2009, 16:21]
IBM floats new ThinkPad prototypes
News IBM will unveil two prototype ThinkPad notebook PCs today, designed to illustrate how laptops could be designed to fit more comfortably into everyday use. IBM designers, envisioning the next generation of the 10-year old notebook ThinkPad line...
[September 16, 2003, 10:35]
Caisse Centrale De Reassurance's Mobile Information Channel Boosts Productivity and Sales
White Papers IBM Business Consulting Services teamed with CCR to develop a wireless information channel - using IBM ThinkPad T41 laptops and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-enabled phones - that allows CCR's 30 mobile sales executives to access company...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Lenovo to launch Super 3G laptops
News Lenovo will add this integrated networking to its ThinkPad T60 and X60 notebooks. While HSPDA support will not be available immediately, ThinkPad customers will be able to upgrade their notebooks to this faster technology in the future, Lenovo said...
[February 1, 2006, 17:10]
The ThinkPad at 15
Blog Comment I only started using my first ThinkPad about 6 years ago but I have been a convert ever since. I have not always had the luxury of being able to select my own laptop for work use, but based on experience of using ultra-portable machines from Dell...
[July 24, 2007, 10:26]
Lenovo to make and sell IBM xServers
News Lenovo will sell IBM-based x86 servers to small and medium-sized businesses through the same channels as its ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktops, the company said earlier this week. However, it is merely licensing the technology rather than...
[January 25, 2008, 15:31]
IBM pushes the Linux envelope
News On Monday, the company announced stepped-up support of Linux on a host of platforms, ranging from ThinkPad laptops, to RS/6000 workstations, to AS/400 servers. IBM also announced strategies for preloading Linux on Thinkpad systems, delivering a...
[June 12, 2000, 16:53]
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News The distribution includes better hardware support, including drivers for sensors; support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets; a new driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices; and additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and...
[November 4, 2008, 12:46]
HP investigates Greenpeace toxic claims
News Meanwhile, Chinese computer giant Lenovo, which came bottom in a another Greenpeace toxic report, announced this week that its ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre Desktops and ThinkVision monitors have received high ratings from EPEAT, a procurement...
[September 20, 2006, 17:45]
Lenovo denies ditching Linux
News Because different companies use different configurations of Linux on their ThinkPad notebooks, Lenovo doesn't provide licences for the software, he said. Chinese computer supplier Lenovo has denied a report that it is planning to stop offering...
[June 5, 2006, 16:25]
Sharp LL-151-3D review
Reviews We used the VGA-to-DVI connector to hook up our test notebook, an IBM ThinkPad X40, to the LL-151-3D. The LL-151-3D’s speakers deliver somewhat tinny output -- even our ThinkPad X40's audio was preferable.
[November 4, 2004, 10:43]
ThinkPads will get Suse Linux preloaded
News The Linux laptops will be geared toward engineers and other high-end users, but they will be available for purchase by anyone on Lenovo's Web site, said Bill Iori, worldwide segment manager for ThinkPad T Series.
[August 15, 2006, 9:55]
Lenovo ThinkPads to get text-message kill switch
News Lenovo is to build a new security feature into some of its upcoming ThinkPad notebooks, allowing users to remotely lock their machines' functionality by sending an SMS. Based on embedded software from Phoenix Technologies, it will make its way to...
[November 25, 2008, 12:21]
OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support
News OpenBSD, which celebrated its tenth birthday on 18 October, offers improved hardware support in its latest version, including support for the accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops and for additional
[November 1, 2005, 16:00]
Nintendo's GameCube to be co-branded by IBM
News Although IBM is best known for branded products such as its ThinkPad laptops, it also supplies chips and other parts for a number of outside companies. IBM's newest business partner is a mustachioed Italian plumber with gorilla issues.
[August 23, 2001, 10:42]
Bluetooth shatters milestone as new standard debuts
News Bluetooth comes as an option on laptops including IBM's ThinkPad, Toshiba's Portege, Dell's Latitude D800 and Sony's Vaio, and is standard in Apple's G4 PowerBooks. Bluetooth, the short-range wireless technology, has passed another landmark in its...
[November 7, 2003, 11:20]
Wireless LAN security
News Hitoshi Takanashi, chief technology director at NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratory, Palo Alto, a division of NTT America, says that before installing the Vernier Control Server and Access Manager for its WLAN, the company had weak access...
[April 17, 2002, 13:39]
