Mobility

It sounds too good to be true: free word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs that are compatible with their Microsoft Office counterparts and that work in a browser. That's the promise of ThinkFree, a Web service that offers all this, and more.

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Green technology is capturing corporate imaginations. From building headquarters using environmentally-friendly techniques to serious investments in green technologies, corporations are increasingly concerned about saving money by reducing consumption and waste.

Dell Inc. launched two new notebook computers under its Latitude line in New York City last month, touting the machines

Lexar Media Inc. filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday that seeks to bar import and sale of some Toshiba Corp. NAND flash memory chips and products containing them, it said.

As the chip market moves from making denser, hotter processors to combining multiple cores, Azul Systems Inc. has announced plans to leapfrog its competitors by releasing a 48-core chip by 2007.

It's about that time of year again when users who need IT products with heavy memory chip content should stand by for bargains. Prices of the NAND flash memory chips used to store data in gadgets ranging from digital cameras to MP3 players, as well as DRAM (dynamic RAM), which store data temporarily and play a large role in the speed of a PC, are falling.

It's not your father's ThinkPad. The new Lenovo 3000 N100 leaves the ThinkPad behind with a new form factor and new look designed to appeal to the small business user, and a small business-friendly pricepoint.