Word: thinkpads
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...practice was inspired by stories of Great Depression--era hoboes who left chalk markings outside the most charitable houses. It was hard for me to imagine a gang of digital hoboes so hard up for Internet access that they had to squat outside my house, huddled around a Thinkpad. But if they did, I could hardly chase these virtual varmints away with a broom. After all, my network was open. It was as if I had left milk and cookies on the sidewalk. They wouldn't be trespassing on my property. Or would they...
Selected systems include variations of the Thinkpad R, T, X and A series notebooks, and NetVista M42 desktops...
Three days later, the victim said he noticed an IBM Thinkpad T-23 on Wan’s desk. He said he did not suspect anything because Wan had always told him that he had a Thinkpad at home, and now said that his parents had shipped...
...equip computers for wireless networking. "It's considered something of vast importance, given the economic slowdown," says International Data Corp. (IDC) analyst Jason Smolek. Compaq, Gateway and Dell are all selling computers with built-in wireless networking capabilities. IBM launched a top-line Wi-Fi equipped laptop named ThinkPad T23 in late July that offers enhanced security features. Apple, which virtually pioneered wireless home networking when it launched AirPort in 1999, is ahead of the pack. All its computers have been WLAN-ready since then...
...steel and half the weight, titanium is ideal for tennis rackets and skis. More cost-efficient ways to cut the metal were developed after golfers clamored for titanium clubs in the mid-'90s, and now you can buy titanium binoculars, phones and strollers. The metal encases the new IBM ThinkPad X Series and the Macintosh PowerBook G4, which besides making both look sleek is thought to protect against data loss, since titanium is almost nonmagnetic. Alas, Gehry may have moved on. Asked to build a new branch of the Guggenheim, he warned museum-board members not to "fix" themselves...