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

  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

  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

  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.

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  Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet

  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

  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

  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

  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 building industrial center to develop tablets, smartphones

  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

  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).

• Handset vendors face 'brutal fight' for China's low-end smartphone market

  As China leads the world in smartphone shipments, top handset vendors are raising their stakes in the nation, and will likely bring more exclusive products and lower-end devices to the market, resulting in fierce competition, according to analysts.

• Lenovo-backed firm sidesteps hardcore gamers, with Chinese video game system

  The Lenovo-backed company behind China's newest homegrown video game system is aiming for product sales to reach hundreds of thousands of units over the next fiscal year ending in March, as it tries to build consumer interest in a country where the world's hottest gaming consoles are banned from sale.

• Apple CEO slams laptop/tablet hybrids

  When Apple CEO Tim Cook dissed the whole idea of hybrid mobile computers, he may have been showing his hand.

• Lenovo expands recall of ThinkCentre desktops due to fire hazard

  Lenovo is expanding the recall of some ThinkCentre all-in-ones due to a component defect that can cause the PCs to overheat and catch fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.

• Windows sales defy predictions, grow 4%

  Stronger-than-expected sales of Windows helped Microsoft post a 6% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, the company said yesterday.

• Intel working with 10 vendors to release Windows 8 tablets by year-end

  Intel is working with 10 undisclosed Chinese and global vendors to design Windows 8 tablets using the company's chips, a senior company executive said Wednesday.