Lenovo adds slim T400s to ThinkPad line

ThinkPad laptops from Lenovo (formerly made by IBM) are among the most ubiquitous PCs found in offices around the world. Of course, most of those systems are boxy 14- and 15-inch models, which aren't usually the sharpest-looking machines in the coffee shop.

To keep up with the increasingly design-conscious consumer, Lenovo is taking some cues from its own popular X300 laptop--a slim, upscale 13-inch--and incorporating them into the new ThinkPad T400s, a reasonably svelte 14-inch mainstream business laptop that's 0.83 inches (21.1mm) thick and starts at less than 4 pounds (about 1.77kg).
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Chrome releases new Vega and Corsair bags

Chrome started with a couple of guys in Boulder, Colo., who set out to built a bag that could stand a lifetime of daily abuse. Eight years later, the operation is now based out to San Francisco, where Chrome bags have become the staple of bike messengers, students, and packrats alike. Today, Chrome also announced its sojourn into the techie commuter market with the release of two stripped-down, laptop-friendly bags: The Vega and Corsair.
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Sony releases details on the new Vaio NW series

Sony's press conference earlier revealed details of the company's Blu-ray strategy and introduced a new laptop in the Vaio NW series. We talked to Sony about the new system a few weeks ago, and here are some details on this Blu-ray equipped 15.5-inch notebook.

The basic NW180J/S is US$880 (for US$80 less you can skip the Blu-ray drive, but what's the point?), and includes a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 400GB 5,400rpm hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, and a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4570 graphics card. The 16:9 display has a native resolution of 1,366 x 768, which isn't ideal for Blu-ray but is typical for widescreen 15-inch screens.

Sony calls the system, "gracefully thin", and at 1.2-inches thick, is fairly slim for a mainstream laptop. The chassis has a textured, wavy finish, and comes in three colors, walnut brown, birch white, and rattan silver (or, as we'd call them, brown, white, and silver). The Vaio NW is EnergyStar 5.0 compliant, and Sony claims the packaging is made of 98 percent recycled content. We're also pleased to see a power-saving "display off" button, to easily turn off the screen when it's not needed.

The Vaio NW will be available by the end of June.

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Sony beefs up Blu-ray strategy

SAN FRANCISCO--Even as Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray player sales are growing, Sony is looking to build out its larger strategy surrounding the company's high-definition disc products.

At a small press event recently, the company introduced a new feature of BD-Live and a new piece of Blu-ray hardware.

MovieIQ will be included on some high-profile releases from Sony starting in September. It's essentially IMDb live--while a movie is playing, facts about casting, directors, production, and actors' filmographies pop up onscreen. It's powered not by IMDb, but by Gracenote, creators of CDDB, which Sony purchased just over a year ago.

It's the kind of feature intended to keep people from pausing a movie and hopping online to ask questions like, "I totally recognize that actress, but from what movie?" It's also meant to build on the inherent capability of Blu-ray players that have Internet access. Sony has tried to do this by allowing BD-Live access to exclusive trailers and some trivia games, but MovieIQ seems like something that users would engage with repeatedly, not something they'd just use once and forget about.
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Surfing on StarHub's mobile broadband

For tech journalists, CommunicAsia in Singapore is one of the biggest events in June (next to the Computex Taipei). For such events, we are always on the go, whether to scout the halls for the latest and weirdest tech gadgets, or attending announcements where big-name vendors announce their services and products. Some companies even hold their separate events at various locations in the country. Getting news out with such a hectic schedule can be impossible if we depend on wireless hotspots at CommunicAsia, so we gave StarHub's new prepaid mobile broadband and HSPA+ a go to see if it helps in our work.
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