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Lenovo Thinkpad T400s Laptop Combines Thin and Light with High Performance
Lenovo is releasing what the PC maker is billing as the best of both worlds – a combination of its thin and light laptop, the Lenovo Thinkpad x300, and its powerful Thinkpad T series of laptops. “The T400 is our most popular notebook that we sell and make,” says David Critchley, worldwide segment marketing manager…
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TJX Settle Security Breach Claims with 39 States
If you ever want to demonstrate the monetary cost of a security breach, look no further than the poster boy of identify thefts: TJX Companies. The incident, to date, has cost the clothing and homegoods retailer more than $320 million. The parent company of clothing retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls today settled pending litigation with…
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Netbook or Notebook? Many Consumers Don’t Know the Difference
The target market for the current generation of netbooks is largely confused about how the new devices differ in functionality from traditional laptop computers. And that makes for a large set of unsatisfied customers. That’s according to a new report from NDP Group, a market research company, that further shows that many consumers who purchased…
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Six Reasons Why HP`s Web-Connected Printer Will Fail
Hewlett-Packard new Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart aims to decouple the printer from the personal computer and connect it directly to the Internet. The idea is to make printing of routine Web-based documents such as airline boarding passes, coupons and photos simple and efficient. But is the Web-connected printer an automatic hit? Don’t bet on it,…
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Do SMBs Want Cloud Computing?
In my weekly column this week, “Managing the Mass of Clouds,” I speculated on a new role for solution providers in the cloud computing era; that of manager and advisor on cloud-based applications and services. The premise is simple: small and midsized businesses will come to rely on SAAS and cloud-based services, but won’t have…
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T-Mobile to Sell New Google Phone in August
NEW YORK (Reuters) – T-Mobile USA will begin selling a new smartphone using Google Inc’s Android operating software in August, facing off against high-end devices such as Apple’s latest iPhone and the Palm Pre. T-Mobile, an arm of Deutsche Telekom and the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, said the myTouch 3G phone is a slimmer…