Archive for February, 2011

Lenovo ThinkPad L420 Details, Specs and Photos

Lenovo ThinkPad L420 Details, Specs and Photos

| February 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

Lenovo has announced updates to much of the ThinkPad lineup including the new ThinkPad L420 notebooks aimed at mainstream corporate users. The ThinkPad L420 offers a relatively cheap entry point into the ThinkPad family with interoperability with the T and W Series docks and batteries. ThinkPad L420 Quick Specs: The L420 comes with 2nd Generation Intel Core i [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad W520 Mobile Workstation Details, Specs and Photos (video)

Lenovo ThinkPad W520 Mobile Workstation Details, Specs and Photos (video)

| February 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

Lenovo has announced a new version of the the W series mobile workstation, the ThinkPad W520 which comes with a wide array of features designed to meet the demands of high need business users who don’t want to sacrifice power while on the road. The W520 notebook announcement is part of the ThinkPad 2011 refresh including the [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Details, Specs and Photos

Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Details, Specs and Photos

| February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Lenovo has updated the ThinkPads for 2011 with a new ThinkPad T520 notebook that is aimed at business users that need the latest Intel 2nd Gen Core i processors, IT friendly features and enhanced usability that comes from Lenovo. The ThinkPad 2011 refresh also includes the smaller ThinkPad T420 which delivers a more portable package. [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Details, Specs and Photos

Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Details, Specs and Photos

| February 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

As part of the 2011 ThinkPad refresh Lenovo has updated the ThinkPad T420 notebook alongside other members of T Series. The new refresh brings the latest Intel Second Generation processors to the ThinkPad T420 as well as usability enhancements aimed at improving the user experience for corporate users. ThinkPad T420 Quick Specs: The ThinkPad T420 [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad Spring Refresh: T420s, T420, T520, L420, L520 and W520

Lenovo ThinkPad Spring Refresh: T420s, T420, T520, L420, L520 and W520

| February 21, 2011 | 8 Comments

Today Lenovo announced a wide array of upgrades to the ThinkPad notebooks for business users including the ThinkPad L Series, ThinkPad T Series and ThinkPad W series. The new upgrades focused on five key areas of usability and function designed at optimizing the ThinkPad line while adding the latest Second Generation Core i Family of [...]

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Foursquare-like Check-Ins Allow Schools to Play Big Brother to Truant Students

Foursquare-like Check-Ins Allow Schools to Play Big Brother to Truant Students

| February 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Officials in California at the Anaheim Union High School District are turning to turning to GPS tracking technology to help curb truancy and boost attendance performance in local schools. Students with 4 or more unexcused absenses per academic year are now assigned a dedicated handheld GPS device and they must check-in at pre-set intervals several [...]

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Faster 4G Underway Thanks to LTE-Advanced

Faster 4G Underway Thanks to LTE-Advanced

| February 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

While Verizon Wireless is still working on extending its 4G LTE network to more areas, and AT&T has yet to deploy its LTE network, Nokia Siemens Networks has used Mobile World Congress to announce the next-generation of 4G, called LTE-Advanced. LTE-Advanced is an evolution of 4G technology, much in the same way that HSPA+ is [...]

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New MacBook Pro Arriving Thursday? Shipments Held, Sealed Packages Arriving Soon

New MacBook Pro Arriving Thursday? Shipments Held, Sealed Packages Arriving Soon

| February 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

It looks like the wait for new MacBook Pros may finally be drawing to a close. We have had multiple rumors pointing to not only a spec upgrade but also a design upgrade for new MacBook Pro models over the past few weeks and now it looks like we finally have a real target date for a [...]

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4 Reasons MacBook Air Competitors Can’t Compete: Envy 13, XPS 14 Axed

4 Reasons MacBook Air Competitors Can’t Compete: Envy 13, XPS 14 Axed

| February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Products come and products go, but lately we’ve been hearing a lot more about products going. Specifically high priced ultraportables that have been in direct competition with the MacBook Air such as the Dell Adamo and more recently the HP Envy 13, even the Dell XPS 14 wasn’t safe as it was put to rest [...]

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HP EliteBook 2740p Review: 12″ Convertible Tablet for Business Users

HP EliteBook 2740p Review: 12″ Convertible Tablet for Business Users

| February 21, 2011 | 4 Comments

When it comes to taking notes on your computer, it’s hard to beat a tablet computer that’s designed for pen input. One such solution, aimed at offering a business ready experience is the HP EliteBook 2740p. The EliteBook 2740p is a business class convertible tablet that has matured over the years to meet the needs [...]

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