Lenovo unveiling new laptops to seek world’s leadership August 30, 2012 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lenovo, the No. 2 computer maker in the world, is unveiling some consumer laptops and tablets that it hopes will push it closer to No. 1, VentureBeat reports. The Windows 7 laptops are upgradeable to Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system (coming Oct. 26) and they’re targeted at consumers who want affordable thin and light computers, without the extra price of Intel-based Ultrabooks. Lenovo is announcing the portables at the IFA conference in Berlin Thursday, Aug 30. The S series is focused on affordable thin and light laptop. It has more variety in colors and it has metallic style. It is available in graphite gray, cotton candy pink, and crimson red. The new 14-inch models include the IdeaPad S300, S400, and S405. The S series starts at $499 and goes up from there. The company is launching a series of new Ideatab tablet computers that run the Android 4.0 operating system. Partner news  Top stories Microsoft revealed last week that it received 6-7,000 requests implicating 31-32,000 accounts in the last six months. It is believed that Fisa requests typically seek much more information. But it remains unclear how broad the Fisa orders might be. The acquisitions are the latest in a string under Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who is rebuilding the company on the fly. By mid-July, users will get to apply for IDs of their choice, and will find out which one they have got by mid-August.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
