Toshiba R series has always been targeted at the business professional who places a premium on portability, but also requires a built-in optical drive. While its predecessors sport a 12.1-inch display, the latest Portege R700 has increases the panel to 13.3 inches without adding significantly to the bulk or size. Moreover, despite the weight and appearance of an ultrathin, the R700 sports a full-power processor and optical drive under the hood.
Toshiba Portege ultraportable laptops are not only a demonstration of Toshiba superior engineering and craftsmanship, but our ability to innovate to meet the demands of businesses,said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.,Digital Products Division. The Portege R700 delivers the ultimate mobile experience at breakthrough prices that businesses have been waiting for, providing both performanceand battery life within an extremely thin and light, yet durable form factor without compromising key features such as an integrated DVD drive.
While it may not have the latest USB 3.0 port, the Portege R700 has sufficient connectivity options. Besides the expected USB 2.0, we also found an eSATA/USB combo port, VGA as well as an HDMI output. The USB ports are sleep-and-charge enabled, which allows the user to power their USB devices even when the notebook is turned off.
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Designed to match the persona of today’s youth and support the on-the-go lifestyle of business executives, HCL ME 06 comes with integrated 3G capabilities, offering seamless connectivity and faster access to the internet. With energy star 5.0 certified, HCL ME 06 will be available in a range of colours including red, blue and black.HCL also launched the new notebook ‘HCL ME 45’, equipped with multi touch gesture touchpad that helps a user to expand, shrink and rotate the picture through the movement of figures on touchpad. Other innovative features include -
SPLIT ME where one can share their data without worrying about the size of the file
LOCK ME that prevents data theft from the system. This feature ensures that the data cannot be copied on to external storage devices, USB memory sticks, CD optical disk drives, hard disk drive without getting authorization from the user,
Secure ME is an effective tool which can be used to lock any application installed on the PC e.g. Internet Browser, Adobe, Power point etc, another feature
Encrypt ME allows the user to encrypt their data and avoids unauthorized access of the data providing assurance against data theft.
The HCL ME 06 netbook is priced at Rs. 19,990 and HCL ME 45 notebook is available for Rs. 39,990. These products will be available across stores in the country.
With the launch of these products, HCL also kick started a special festival campaign the ‘Winter Carnival’. Under this limited period festival offer a consumer will get an assured gift i.e. Yuvraj Singh autographed Reebok Track suit worth Rs. 5999. In addition on the purchase of an HCL ME 38 series laptop a consumer will also be eligible to receive a Nokia 3500c mobile phone worth Rs. 6289.
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Asus introduces new flagship system for its lineup of business notebooks dubbed as B80A. This stylish 14.1-inch widescreen notebook for corporate users packs in powerful features and remarkable security.Powered by Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology, it is apt for executives. They can conveniently get their work done with the computing power offered by B80A. It packs in comprehensive suite of connectivity options, Draft-N wireless and Bluetooth capabilities, 7,200 rpm SATA hard disk drives, high-speed storage and memory. It protects your important files and data, thanks to the built-in fingerprint reader and TPM-level security.The Asus B80A’s design offers utmost usability and reliability. It features highly-portable form factor, spill-proof keyboard with built-in LED lighting, built-in 1.3 megapixel camera, an optional docking station and built-in HDMI interface.
There is no word on the pricing and availability.
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Dell announced that Microsoft Corp. is working with Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) division to build-out and power Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers.“Hyper-scale computing environments – where infrastructure deployments are measured by up to millions of servers, storage and networking equipment – are changing the way organizations are thinking about their data center requirements,” said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Dell’s Business Product Group.
Dell developed highly-customized server platforms for Microsoft tailored to their physical facility, operating processes and application workload:
1. Dell’s supply-chain expertise and manufacturing infrastructure enables the fast delivery of custom-built, fully-configured rack solutions to support the rapid growth of Windows Azure.2. Global scale, data center planning and deployment expertise and customized services enable Microsoft to speed deployment, maximize energy efficiency and minimize total cost of ownership.
“This announcement is another example of Dell’s innovative approach of working with customers to design and build an infrastructure fully optimized for their hyper-scale computing environments,” said Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Data Center Solutions Division.
Key Points:
1. Dell Provides Hardware and Services for Windows Azure
2. Dell Custom-Designed Infrastructure Enables Microsoft to Speed Deployment, Maximize Energy Efficiency and Minimize TCO.
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In an announcement, computer builder Zepto claims to have produced the "world's fastest" 14-inch notebook, in the form of the Nox A14. The computer technically uses a 14.1-inch display, capable of resolutions up to 1440x900; this is supported by a 512MB GeForce 9600M GT video card. The main processor scales up to a 2.53GHz mobile Core 2 Duo chip, and buyers can configure the system with up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, supplemented by as much as 2GB of Intel Turbo Memory.Top-end permanent memory comes in the form of a 500GB hard drive or 128GB of SSD storage, as well as the option of a Blu-ray combo drive in place of the standard DVD-RW. A two-megapixel webcam is integrated by default, as are Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. Operating system choices are limited to 64-bit versions of Windows Vista Business, Home Premium or Ultimate.Zepto systems are currently only sold in Europe; UK configurations of the A14 start at £827 ($1,407).
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