Lenovo gives Chrome OS a try with Chromebook for Schools

Follow:   01.18.2013  View in a Browser Lenovo gives Chrome OS a try with Chromebook for Schools 01.17.2013 12:00 PM The ThinkPad X131e features a rugged design and will be sold to schools at volume pricing of $429 and up starting next month. Facebook Graph Search leaves little privacy and no opting out 01.18.2013 10:46 AM Facebook's new Graph Search service is still in beta test, but the social network carefully prepared for its launch by removing users' options to not be included in search returns. When Graph Search becomes widely available, so will all your random "likes," travels and friendings. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Reader Survey Take a quick survey and enter to win a $500 Amazon gift card. Better Backup Secure data and devices - in and out of the office.   Who can buy Office 2013 for $9.95? 01.17.2013 12:08 PM Through Microsoft's Home Use Program, workers at certain organizations can get the new suite at a steep discount. Three reasons Facebook Graph Search is good for business 01.17.2013 1:40 PM Facebook Graph Search opens up new ways to conduct market research, and target specific audiences. Report: Asustek in talks to license Windows Phone 8 for handsets 01.17.2013 1:50 PM Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report. DARPA, SRC pony up $194 million to fund chip research 01.17.2013 2:16 PM The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a consortium of top semiconductor companies will hand out $194 million to universities for research that addresses the physical limitations of semiconductors and chips. Intel sales, profits slide for 2012, but data center business growing 01.17.2013 3:00 PM Intel saw sales and profits drop in 2012, as the company was hit by a slide in demand for personal computers and its continued inability to make it big in the smartphone and tablet markets, but its data center business continued to grow. Lawmaker: Mobile users should be able to delete data 01.17.2013 3:35 PM A U.S. lawmaker has proposed legislation that would allow mobile phone users to ask apps to stop collecting their personal data and to delete information collected in the past. Brian Fargo talks Wasteland 2 and the future of PC gaming 01.17.2013 4:20 PM Game industry veteran Brian Fargo sits down to chat about PC game development, his Kickstarter-funded Wasteland 2 game and the future of PC gaming. Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop 01.17.2013 5:22 PM The SolusOS project team has forked GNOME Classic and is bringing back numerous key GNOME 2 features. Why all-in-one PCs suck at gaming (plus one that doesn't!) 01.18.2013 3:00 AM They're slim, sleek, and family friendly. But why do most all-in-one desktops make such awful gaming machines? The dirty and dangerous side of tech 01.18.2013 3:00 AM Your gadgets may be full of stuff that hurts the environment, other people, and maybe even you.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107