Lenovo S12 Is the First Netbook With Nvidia Ion, Costs Under $500 [NetBooks] (Gizmodo)
With the IdeaPad S12, Lenovo, as rumored, is first out of the gates with a netbook based on Nvidia’s Ion chipset, and it’s a hell of a promising start: this 12-inch netbook promises the whole…
Source: gizmodo.com
Ortensia guaranteed a Stradbroke start (The Age)
Queensland Racing’s chief handicapper said yesterday he was prepared to use his discretionary powers to keep filly Ortensia’s Stradbroke Handicap hopes alive.
Source: www.theage.com.au
Lenovo’s $449 IdeaPad S12 now official: first netbook with NVIDIA’s Ion chipset (Engadget)
We’ve seen NVIDIA’s Ion placed within a nettop , a motherboard , and now ( at long last ), a laptop. Yep, the machine you’re inevitably peering at above (Lenovo’s S12) is both the company’s first 12.1-inch netbook and the planet’s first netbook with Ion baked in, and it’s likely just a snippet of the kind of material we can expect to see at Computex . Frankly, this is one of the first netbooks …
Source: www.engadget.com
Seattle arts events are big draw for big spending out-of-towners (BizJournals)
In early August, nearly 3,000 people will line up outside McCaw Hall in Seattle to attend performances of Seattle Opera?s production of ?The Ring.?
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Hooks contain RockHounds offense night after blowout (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
By Oscar LeRoy Sports Writer Corpus Christi right fielder Drew Locke didn’t hesitate to say that the biggest difference on Saturday compared to Friday’s embarrassing loss to the Midland RockHounds came from his team’s pitching.
Source: www.mywesttexas.com
ST ready to shed off old image (EE Times Asia)
Only days after STMicroelectronics N.V. hosted its Annual Investors’ Day conference in New York, several analysts have upgraded ratings on the company, boosting its market value by as much as 10 percent and elevating the IC firm’s equity performance above many of its peers in the embattled industry.
Source: www.eetasia.com
Travelgate MPs get prime jobs (The Star)
ANC choices to head up powerful parliamentary oversight committees have sparked controversy, with the opposition DA accusing the ruling party of “moral bankruptcy” by elevating four MPs implicated in the Travelgate fraud scandal.
Source: www.thestar.co.za