ThinkPad SL Series

The Ultimate Small Business Tool

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Performance and value
The Thinkpad SL series has the reliability and durability small businesses require. It has the quality the ThinkPad brand is known for, as well as services and features tailored to meet their specific needs..

	Model	Display	Details
	SL400	14.1” widescreen	The new ThinkPad SL400 notebook is designed for small business, with a 14.1'' display that's strikes a great balance between portability and desktop-replacement.
	SL500	15.4” widescreen	A big 15.4'' widescreen display gives the new small business ThinkPad SL500 extra on-screen landscape for viewing complex spreadsheets, DVD movies and more.

Outstanding Connectivity
The last thing you need to worry about if you are out calling on a client is how to connect to the internet. The ThinkPad SL comes standard with WLAN built in, and offers a variety of available wireless connectivity options. The WWANted feature gives you embedded WWAN capability (select countries) for faster connectivity, upload and download times. You can take advantage of your carrier’s entire network, instead of being concerned with connecting to a specific LAN. In selected cities, the ThinkPad SL’s WiMax capability lets you connect over several miles’ radius without having an agreement with a wireless carrier.

Core technology
ThinkPad SL Series notebooks feature Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology. Notebooks with Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology helps keep your workforce mobile, managed and secure. With hardware-assisted remote isolation, diagnostics and repair, you can manage your mobile workforce wirelessly, even if the system’s OS is unresponsive.7And with industry-leading performance1, you’ll get faster wireless connectivity speeds and the longest possible battery life. Free up your workforce and experience mobile computing without limits. Get industry-leading performance1 from Intel.

Other technology features available on ThinkPad SL Series notebooks include:

		Integrated or discrete graphics – Intel® integrated graphics are ideal for Web browsing and business applications. Or for extra horsepower such as 3D applications, try the discrete graphics solutions from NVIDIA. High definition audio and video – Thinkpad SL series gives you best-in-class audio and video, including optional Blu-Ray high definition DVD optical drives and HDMI port standard on all models. High-resolution widescreen displays – Bright, easy-to-view displays up to 14.1’’ WXGA+, Anti-glare (1440x900) and 15.4’’ WSXGA+, Anti- glare (1680x1050).
		Contemporary,stylish design Like every ThinkPad, the SL Series is black to give it a serious, businesslike exterior. Its glossy finish gives it an edgier, more personalized look. It’s vibrant-view and anti-glare displays deliver an outstanding picture, whether viewing spreadsheets or watching videos.

Environmentally responsible Lenovo is committed to protecting the environment and keeping your energy costs low. And we're especially proud that select models (ThinkPad SL300 only) are EPEAT Gold rated, EPEAT Silver rated (ThinkPad SL400/SL500) and Climate Savers certified. To earn a silver rating, the ThinkPad SL had to pass a set of 23 required performance criteria and 28 optional criteria in 8 categories. The new Energy Star 4.0 label attesting to their superior efficiency and low emissions.

Our latest notebooks are extremely energy efficient. The Energy Star 4.0 label requires that discrete graphics models in idle state consume less than 22W power, integrated graphics models less than 14W. This lowers operating costs, obviously. But it also means less overall energy use and reduced heat emissions — making a Lenovo notebook a wise choice for the environment.
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Intel goes live with Centrino 2

Splits line into enterprise and consumer platforms

Written by lain Thomson, San Fransisco
vnunet.com, 15 Jul 2008

Intel has officially launched the Centrino 2 platform, and is splitting it into a straight consumer offering and a business platform running vPro systems management technology.

The new platform will ship from today, the fifth anniversary of the original Centrino launch, with a 45nm Penryn Core 2 Duo processor running from 2.26GHz to 3.06GHz, with 6MB L2 cache and a 1066MHz front side bus.

The Penryn Core 2 Duo is coupled with 802.11n Wi-Fi and an integrated graphics chipset.

The wireless component will be augmented later this year with built-in WiMax, but Intel claims that the current 802.11n antenna can manage 450Mbps data rates.

Intel also intends to bring out a four-core processor for the platform later this year.

The company claims that the new platform will offer 23 per cent better performance for 23 per cent less power, and will show graphics speed enhancements of up to 70 per cent.

Battery power has been a key focus of the new platform, according to Mooly Eden vice president of mobile platforms at Intel.

"It is all about HUGI (Hurry Up and Get Idle). The optimal condition for a processor is like the optimum condition for my wife - in sleep mode," he said.

"You are using the minimum amount of power. But when a task comes along you need to wake up the processor, get the job done as quickly as possible and then get back to sleep."

Intel is targeting the Centrino 2 with vPro technology at business users. This allows system administrators remote access to laptops via wireless even if the laptop is in sleep mode.

The consumer and enterprise offerings will have full support for dual channel DDR3 memory and Blu-ray.

Eden said that the platform would support two hours of high-definition film viewing from a single battery charge.

However, the chipset will also support dynamic switching between the integrated graphics package and a standalone graphics card to save battery life. ATI is already producing cards for the platform and nVidia will follow shortly.

All major systems builders have produced Cetnrino 2 laptops for the launch, ranging from a Sony ultra-portable to heavy gaming machines from Acer and Asus. Only Apple was not represented.

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Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive

Bigger is better, biggest is best

Looking for a better way to boost storage capacity without increasing your footprint? The eco-efficient Sun StorageTek T10000B tape drive delivers the industry’s highest capacity, making it ideal for 24x7 datacenter operations requiring high duty cycle data storage and retrieval.


Simplified Management
Highest capacity and high performance
Finding a way to boost performance without increasing your footprint or your budget is key to improving utilization and reducing costs. With 1 TB native capacity and 120 MB/sec throughput, the StorageTek T10000B tape drive delivers a potent combination that enables you to double your capacity in the same footprint while simplifying media management.

A terabyte of data in less than 2.5 hours
As a result of its 120 MB/sec throughput, the StorageTek T10000B lets you write a terabyte of data in less than 2.5 hours, shrinking backup windows and saving staff time and resources. Add optional sport cartridges to the mix and get 2x faster average access to data.

Reduced power, and acquisition costs
In addition to providing you with the highest capacity and throughput, the energy-efficient StorageTek tape libraries and drives help you minimize power, cooling and acquisition costs when compared to disk in production, backup/restore, disaster recovery, and archive applications.

Broad Compatibility
Seamless integration protects your investment
The StorageTek T10000B tape drive protects your investment through media reusability, connectivity, and exceptional compatibility. It integrates seamlessly into your existing mainframe infrastructure and maximizes utilization by enabling you to re-use your existing T10000 media.

Compatible with third-party applications
What’s more, the StorageTek T10000B is compatible with Sun StorageTek enterprise libraries and integrates seamlessly with leading third-party enterprise software libraries and business applications. This simplifies deployment and maximizes your return on investment.

FICON and Fibre Channel connectivity
The StorageTek T10000B further simplifies deployment by providing both FICON and Fibre Channel connectivity. For the first time, the T10000B utilizes the same physical tape drive for FICON and Fibre Channel, allowing you to easily transition between both open systems and mainframe environments.

Reliable Performance
Designed for high duty cycle environments
The enterprise demands of start-stop and high duty cycles place components and subassemblies under tremendous stress. Each component and sub-assembly in the StorageTek T10000B is designed to meet these rigorous operational demands.

The tape drive supports your most demanding 24x7 business operations with highly reliable, enterprise-class tape drive technology adapted from the proven Sun StorageTek T10000 tape drive.

Superior mechanics
The drive’s superior mechanics include a dual head design that reduces media wear, unique hub-locking cartridge design, the highest level of Error Code Correction capability available today, and the SafeGuide tape path.

SafeGuide tape path reduces media wear
Sun’s renowned SafeGuide tape path implements a 5-roller design that guides the media without contacting the tape data surface. Only the tape heads contact the data surface, reducing media wear and improving reliability.

Lower linear velocity ensures accuracy
While competitive drives run at higher linear velocities, the StorageTek T10000B’s lower speed ensures more accurate tracking at the head/tape interface. The lower velocity also ensures more gentle tape handling, improving long-term data reliability.

Protects Your Data
Meet your evolving data security and compliance requirements
With the StorageTek 10000B tape drive, you can take advantage of encryption and write-once read-many (WORM) technology to meet your evolving requirements for data security and compliance.

Built-in encryption capabilities
The StorageTek T10000B comes with built-in encryption that works in conjunction with the Sun Crypto Key Management System. This tape-encryption appliance provides a simple, centralized, scalable solution for managing the keys used to encrypt and decrypt data written by the tape drive. This ensures that only the right people have access to the data, and helps you avoid potential legal and financial problems caused by loss or theft of unencrypted data.

VolSafe keeps it safe and secure
In addition, Sun StorageTek VolSafe secure media technology provides WORM capability to help you meet stringent electronic storage regulatory and legal requirements You can store data securely on non-erasable, non-rewritable tape and recall it quickly when you need it.
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Ashampoo® Office 2008

The Office Package at a Fair Price
No computer is properly complete without its own Office package. Office assists in the compilation of texts of all kinds, in the completion of spreadsheet calculations and in the preparation of expressive presentations. In these tasks, Microsoft Office is the generally accepted standard, as its formats are established and the functions it offers are continually required. However: many users are unable to afford the Office suite.

This is where the Ashampoo Office 2008 steps in. The program only occupies a limited amount of storage space on the hard drive, is very stable and still offers all of those Office functions which genuinely need to be used in private or in business environments. A fair price that all users can afford without problem also ensures that the Ashampoo Office 2008 is rapidly winning new friends. Its simple menu prompting and ease of use allows users of other Office solutions a problem-free switchover.

It goes without saying that the most important thing is the fact that reading and writing in the original Word, Excel and PowerPoint files without losses of content or in terms of formatting presents no problem for the Ashampoo Office 2008. That means that every user of the Ashampoo Office is able to open, modify and then save a Word file in exactly the same way as if the work had been done in Word itself.

Ashampoo Office 2008 is supplied with the word processing tool Ashampoo TextMaker, the spreadsheet program Ashampoo PlanMaker and – brand new in the current version – the presentations software Ashampoo Presentations.
Ashampoo TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations
As a word processing program, Ashampoo TextMaker is able to cope both with long and short texts. The program is able to lay out a table of contents, an index and tables, can import graphics and is also able to place 3D texts. Thanks to the integrated addresses database, drafting serial letters presents no problem. Web pages are also easy to create using the program. The program has also won considerable praise thanks to its very high quality spell check system.

With Ashampoo PlanMaker, number games of all kind no longer present any problems. The spreadsheets offer countless formulae which are a great help with automatic calculations. Its implementation of highlighted columns of figures in expressive 2D and 3D diagrams is particularly effective.

Ashampoo Presentations is a new product. The presentations program brings images and texts together, and using the pre-sets, can easily generate a visual presentation which can then be played back on the PC monitor and can also easily be exported or printed out.
Ashampoo Office 2008: Now with PDF Export and Mailing Assistant
Lots of things have changed in the new Ashampoo Office 2008. And it isn’t just down to the presentation program Ashampoo Presentations, which is a completely new addition to Office.

A particular wish of users was PDF export, something which is now available in all three programs. This means exporting content so that users can open it and print it out is no longer a problem, as long as s/he has installed the free Adobe Reader on their computer.

The object-based exchange of data between the three Office applications is also brand new. This means PlanMaker tables can be easily integrated into an Ashampoo TextMaker document, for instance. A single mouse click on the object is enough at any time to be able to work on it in the original application.

One great extra is the new mailing assistant which is immediately available in Ashampoo TextMaker 2008. This helps in the printing of envelopes and spares its owner the annoying sizing and positioning of address fields.
Ashampoo Office 2008: Take it with you on a USB stick
Ashampoo Office 2008 has one decisive advantage over other office suites. You can install it on a USB stick and take it with you wherever you go. If you want to use another computer in the office, your laptop at home, the PC in the hotel lobby or the Internet café terminal, it's enough to just plug in the USB stick and continue your office work seamlessly. Installation unnecessary.

Many users are already using this feature to always carry their most important documents and the work environment they are used to with them.
An Overview of the Additional Functions

* improved master pages with texts
* bordering and shading whole pages
* page breaks now independent of printer
* improved import and export of Microsoft Word files
* the reading and also the exporting of OpenDocument files
* new template manager manages paragraph and line templates
* new print preview function to control the printed image prior to print out
* several pages (2, 4, 6, 8, 16) on a single printout to save paper
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Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend

Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—and will go on sale in France on July 17.

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs over 800 third party applications available through the new App Store. In the US, the new iPhone 3G is priced at just $199 for the 8GB model, and $299 for the 16GB model**.

*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.
**Requires new two-year AT&T rate plan for qualified customers, sold separately.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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Hanns.G HG281DJ 28in TFT

A super-sized, high-quality display at an affordable price

Written by Paul Monckton
personal computer world, 14 Jul 2008

The first thing you notice about this display is its 28in size.

Not simply the physical dimensions of the screen, but also the enlarged type and icons.

It has the same 1,920x1,200-pixel resolution as a 24in monitor, so the individual pixels are much bigger.

We were pleased to see that, unlike with some other large-screen displays, the grid lines between the pixels were almost invisible, keeping images smooth and text easy to read.

If your eyesight isn’t great, then this monitor could make things a whole lot easier for you.

Fitted with a pair of video inputs, the HG281DJ can accept analogue video via the standard VGA port and digital connections via HDMI.

It will also accept high-definition analogue component video via an adapter, which is good news if you want to use the display for gaming on an original model Xbox 360.

At 500cd/m2, this is a very bright screen, so you can make full use of its TV-like proportions for watching HD video in well-lit rooms without difficulty.

Contrast levels could be better – there’s some noticeable backlight bleeding in dark scenes – but overall the HD281DJ acquits itself rather well for a TN panel and is capable of delivering vivid, saturated colours beyond our expectations.

However, one major omission is the lack of flexible scaling options for 16:9 and 4:3 inputs, meaning you’ll have to rely on your PC graphics card for that.

Externally, the casing is robust and well made, if a little uninspiring, with a bezel that’s rather thick by today’s standards. The power switch and menu controls are mounted vertically down the right-hand edge of the case, making them rather frustrating to use as you can’t read the labels and look at the screen simultaneously.

If you’re in the market for a large screen, the HG281DJ is a decent quality display that won’t break the bank.

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Winamp Media Player 5.54

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What's New in Winamp 5.54?

• Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Videos, Radio and Photos
• AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio
• Expanded Flash video support
• Media Monitor: Playing the music web just got even better
• Language packs available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

As always Winamp also features:

• iPod Support: Play and manage music on your iPod
• Album Art: Retrieve and view Album Art
• Auto-Tag: Automatically update your song information
• Dynamic Song Recommendations
• Remote Media: Access your media remotely
• Thousands of skins and plug-ins to make Winamp even better
• Free videos, radio stations, MP3 downloads and more

Get Winamp Pro!

Burn CDs Faster - Up to 48x!

With Unrestricted Audio CD Burning, Winamp Pro enables you to burn your favorite music compilations at your computer's full potential. Once registered, Winamp Pro will allow you to burn your Audio CDs at speeds up to 48x, 9 times the speed of Winamp 5! (Actual speeds may differ, depending on your computer's specifications.)

Rip/Encode Music into aacPlus, AAC, MP3, and WMA!

With Winamp Pro, you can rip all your favorite music CDs into the industry leading MP3 format. When all your songs are encoded in MP3, it provides you the freedom to play them in all MP3 capable hardware and software media players. Your ripping doesn't end with the MP3 format, you'll also have the ability to rip into aacPlus, AAC, MP3, and WMA! Another bonus to Winamp Pro is the ability to rip HE-AAC at >128k bitrate!

Faster, Unlimited Ripping - Up to 48x!

With Unrestricted Audio CD Ripping, Winamp Pro enables you to convert all of your favorite music CDs into digital files at your computer's maximum potential. Once registered, Winamp Pro can rip your CDs at speeds up to 48x, 9 times the speed of Winamp 5! (Actual speeds may differ, depending on your computer's specifications.)

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