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- Lenovo 3000 J105
- Since buying IBM's PC business in 2004, Chinese computer company Lenovo has continued to rely on the staid IBM ThinkCentre branding. In February, however, it introduced the first Lenovo-branded PCs in the United States, Intel-based Lenovo 3000 J100 models and AMD-based J105 models, one of which we review here. The...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, DVD, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo 3000, Lenovo 3000 J105, J105
- Product reviews 2006-03-31
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- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- When (if) you shop for electronics this holiday season, consider the latest Greenpeace environmental ranking
- Just in time for the Black Friday retail rush at least they hope, Greenpeace has released its 10th Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics! Greenpeace rates major tech gadget vendors on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the best score the company can rate for...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
- Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired's Noah Shachtman. According to the...
- Tags: Malware, USB Flash Drive, Worm Attack, USB, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks
- The biggest surprise of 2008 was the arrival of netbooks. Asus was the first in the pool with its Eee PC, and after some initial hesitation, the big guys were forced to jump in as well. Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all among a long...
- Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Battery, Memory, Acer Inc., Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Malware found in Lenovo software package
- Computer maker Lenovo is shipping a malware-infected software package to Windows XP users, according to warning from anti-virus researchers at Microsoft. The malicious file was identified by Microsoft as Win32/Meredrop, a Trojan dropper that is used to install and execute multiple malicious executables on an infected computer....
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Malware, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows XP, Tools & Techniques, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?
- I posted a number of pieces Monday about OLPC and its XO laptop now for sale on Amazon in a reboot of the Give One Get One program, one of which declared that OLPC was dead. A year ago, that would have been worthy of a pretty serious flame...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Tags: Platform, Plan, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, DDR3, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Poll: How old is your work computer?
- The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen asked his audience that question on the paper's biztech blog, and I thought to ask the same of you, ZDNet readers. Not long ago, employees used to expect that every few years, brand new computers would be distributed like Halloween candy....
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Samsung 932BW LCD Monitor
- Samsung 932BW LCD MonitorSamsung 932BW reviewThe Samsung 932BW is an entry level, 19-inch widescreen, flat panel LCD computer monitor. Equipped with a native resolution of 1440 x 900 (75 Hz) and supporting 16.2 million colors with a contrast ratio of 1000:1 (dynamic 3000:1), the overall picture quality is great while...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung 932BW, monitor, LCD monitor
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
- Asus X83VM-X1 - Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz, 14.1-inch TFT
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With its brown lid with a woven gold graphics pattern, the Asus X83VM-X1 might be mistaken for some sort of Gucci-branded laptop. (Hey, it...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, TFT, Asus X83VM-X1, ASUS, laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- ViewSonic VX1962wm - flat panel display - TFT - 19"
- Despite its good performance in games, smart design, and a high 1,680x1,050 resolution, we do not recommend the ViewSonic VX1962wm because Westinghouse has a 19-inch LCD that's cheaper and a better performer. A slightly blurry picture during DVD playback also detracts from the ViewSonic's appeal, and we noticed a yellowish...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Performance management, flat panel, footstand, TFT, display, ViewSonic Corp., Westinghouse, Viewsonic VX1962WM
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- Westinghouse L1916HW
- The Westinghouse L1916HW is a 19-inch wide-screen LCD that carries a $180 list price but can be found for as low as $160 at Best Buy. With its decent performance across a variety of tasks and HDCP compatibility, we think it's a good buy. By comparison, the $250 Lenovo ThinkVision...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, video connection, footstand, Westinghouse, display, OSD, Westinghouse L1916HW
- Product reviews 2008-11-04
- Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now
- Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader nowPCs Need Protection from their SoftwareMicrosoft just reported that roughly 90% of reported vulnerabilities were in applications. The familiar signature-based tools that live on nearly every PC are missing today's malware designed to elude them. More on that here:http://www.securitynowblog.com/endpoint_security/secunia_report_signature-based_antivirus_misses_most_unknown_malwareand here:http://www.securitynowblog.com/endpoint_security/signature-based-antivirus-and-hips-technologies-poor-endpoint-protectionBefore buying a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Reader now, administrative right, Adobe Systems Inc., Heads Up, Opera Software, Microsoft Windows, RemoveAdmin
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Alienware launches 'world's first mobile quad-core' laptop
- Alienware launches 'world's first mobile quad-core' laptopnicei hate dell... but dam alienware is nice...comon mac fanboys what do you have to say about thisNot the firstLenovo was the first with the Thinkpad W700 released a couple months ago. Lenovo's website won't come up at work for some reason, but I...
- Tags: Branding, Notebooks, mobile, Alienware, Sager, brand name, brand, laptop computer, small company, NVidia Corp., quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Sony recalls 100,000 PC batteries
- Sony recalls 100,000 PC batteriesAnother cunning plot from Apple...After all, according to way too many zdnet trolls, it's only Apple that comes out with junk hardware.And now for something really scary... Trying to debug 10 year old perl...bollocksIt's only affecting HP, Toshiba, Dell, Acer and Lenovo laptops. A good stratagy...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Sony Corp., PC battery, battery, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- So where are the Classmates here in the States?
- So where are the Classmates here in the States?You already have the answerThe end of your own article points out why the Classmate isn't doing much in the US market:Dell, Asus, MSI, HP, Lenovo, and any other of the many netbook makers out there.The Classmate has to compete with the...
- Tags: Mini, Classmates, price point, Classmate
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
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