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• New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 04:05

  A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday.

• Intel reaches for China's high-end market with new Lenovo smartphone

  By Michael Kan | 31 May, 2012 02:49

  Intel announced on Wednesday the availability of another smartphone built around its processors, this time in China. But the high price of the new Lenovo LePhone K800 could make it a tough sell in the country, where many consumers are buying low-cost smartphones, according to an analyst.

• Lenovo ships $349 IdeaTab S2109 tablet with Android 4.0

  By Agam Shah | 30 May, 2012 18:13

  Lenovo on Wednesday finally shipped the IdeaTab S2109 tablet after months of teasers, calling the US$349 tablet one of the lightest in the market with a 9.7-inch screen.

• Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

• Lenovo's fiscal Q4 profit up 59 per cent

  By Michael Kan | 23 May, 2012 16:33

  Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter grew by 59 per cent, as the world's second largest PC maker saw continued growth in sales across both mature and emerging markets.

• How we tested desktops-as-a-service

  By Tom Henderson | 21 May, 2012 14:29

  We noted the customer intake procedures for each of the five DaaS vendors, focusing on what options and what type of process were used. We set a platform consisting of several Windows 7 virtual machines, as well as a Lenovo T520 running native Windows 7, another T520 running Linux Mint 2, and three MacBooks running Mac OS 5, 6, and 7 respectively, as well as an Apple iPad running iOS 5.

• Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Lightest 14-Inch Ultrabook in a narrow feld

  By Jared Newman | 16 May, 2012 04:41

  Lenovo claims that its ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the world's lightest 14-inch Ultrabook, with a weight of just under 3 pounds. It's an easy claim to make, though, because the company doesn't have much competition in that size.

• Lenovo launches fleet of new Ivy Bridge ThinkPads and IdeaPads

  By Melanie Pinola | 16 May, 2012 08:25

  Lenovo has announced its new portfolio of business-friendly ThinkPad laptops, IdeaPad Ultrabooks, and IdeaPad multimedia laptops. Come June, it'll be raining Lenovo ThinkPads and IdeaPads.

• Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet

  By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2012 14:06

  Lenovo is working with chip maker Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, a Lenovo executive said.

• Lenovo packs 'thinnest' ThinkPad ultrabook with 4G LTE

  By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2012 14:06

  Lenovo has announced a range of new ThinkPads with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors, including a ThinkPad ultrabook that the company claims is the "thinnest ultrabook in the world."

• Lenovo expands recall of ThinkCentre all-in-ones

  By Agam Shah | 09 May, 2012 06:07

  Lenovo has again expanded the recall of some ThinkCentre all-in-one desktops that could catch a fire due a component defect, which could cause a system to fail.

• Lenovo launches smart TVs for China, bringing apps and games

  By Michael Kan | 08 May, 2012 18:20

  Lenovo on Tuesday launched its K-series of smart TVs in China, marking the PC vendor's entry into another hot devices market with a product that boasts Google's Android 4.0 OS, along with access to free on-demand videos and 1,000 apps.

• Lenovo recognises top-performing partners with a good sliming (+ slideshow)

  By Mike Gee | 08 May, 2012 11:35

  Lenovo held a Business Partner event at The Sheraton Resort in Noosa, recently, and invited an all-star cast to help celebrate its partners achievements.

• Lenovo building industrial center to develop tablets, smartphones

  By Michael Kan | 07 May, 2012 13:22

  Chinese PC maker Lenovo plans to invest more than 5 billion yuan (US$796 million) to build facilities for the development and production of tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices, it said Monday.

• Dell XPS 13: Gray with MacBook Air envy

  By Eric Knorr | 04 May, 2012 20:12

  Lately I've been changing things up a bit. For several months I used a little Lenovo ThinkPad X220 running Windows 7 and had a great experience -- it felt rock solid and responsive, with fantastic battery life. Then I switched to a MacBook Pro, and now that I've gotten used to it, I actually find it more or less a wash between the two (sorry, Apple fanboys).