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Submission + - OpenOffice goes online (ulteo.com)

Submitted by

MrGond

on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @06:52AM

MrGond writes: "Ulteo (the company co-founded by Gael Duval, father of Mandriva), has put on public beta the online version of OpenOffice (JRE required). 1GB of online storage is available for your documents. Registration required (if using a GMail account, check your spam folder)"

Submission + - Lenova recalls 100,000 laptop batteries

Submitted by

Thundgelmir

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @04:50PM

Thundgelmir writes: "Chinese PC maker Lenova, who bought the namesake to IBM's thinkpad, has just had to recall 100,000 laptop batteries after recieving four reports of them overheating. From the article: It's the second battery recall for Lenovo in less than six months. In September, 526,000 rechargeable, lithium-ion Sony batteries purchased with ThinkPad computers were recalled after one of them caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport."

Submission + - Asus announce laptop made from Bamboo

Submitted by on Thursday March 01, 2007 @10:38AM

An anonymous reader writes: It seems like Asus has recently been inspired by what nature has to offer judging by its latest laptop designs. The Asus EcoBook comes with real bamboo panelling and will be available early next year. "Making a laptop out of wood doesn't sound all that sane a project, but we should probably get accustomed to this sort of thing — Asus has already delivered the first leather-bound laptops, and Tulip does a range of crazy laptop skins for its Ego range." All I can say is watch out for pandas.

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