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Review: Lenovo Upgrades The Ultrabook With IdeaPad U310

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Since Apple’s release of the “world’s thinnest notebook” with the MacBook Air in January 2008, the competition rushed to offer comparable alternatives. Eventually, Intel coined the name Ultrabook to define any of these ultra lightweight, ultra-thin portables using their components. Even Lenovo, best known for continuing IBM’s ThinkPad line of durable but conservatively styled notebooks, […]

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Apple Patent Places Password In Power Cord To Perturb Pilferers

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New Scientist uncovers a clever new Apple patent for enhancing security of portable devices. A memory chip is implanted inside a device’s AC adapter that stores a security question or an encryption key for the password required to log into the device. In the event that you forget your password, recovery is possible simply by […]

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No Price Drop When PlayStation Vita Hits Japan

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Sony won’t drop the price of the PlayStation Vita handheld gaming system when it hits the Japanese market on December 17, prior to a world-wide rollout, as revealed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano in a press event prior to the Tokyo Games Show. The system won’t change its price of 24,980 yen […]

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