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Quarterly sales of US$3.59 billion Quarterly LBITDA* (excluding restructuring) of US$39 million Pre-tax loss (excluding restructuring) of US$90 million Loss attributable to shareholders (including restructuring) of US$97 million Basic EPS (including restructuring) of (1.09) US cents, or (8.5) HK cents Net cash reserves of US$1.3 billion (as of December 31, 2008) Lenovo founder, Liu Chuanzhi, […]

Research Triangle Park, NC — January 28, 2009: Lenovo today announced the company has acquired Seattle-based Switchbox Labs, Inc. for an undisclosed amount, and Switchbox co-founders Michael Sievert, Robert Dickinson and Blake Ramsdell will join Lenovo. Sievert has been named a senior vice president of the company and will report directly to CEO William Amelio. […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – January, 13 2009: Lenovo today announced three new desktop PCs aimed at satisfying the computing appetites of the entire family. First on the list is the IdeaCentre K220 desktop, an all around, top-flight performer that runs 16 percent faster than the previous generation IdeaCentre K210 desktop[1]. The IdeaCentre K220 desktop […]

Research Triangle Park and Singapore – January 7, 2009: Lenovo today announced a resource redeployment plan that will help the company increase its efficiencies and become more competitive in the face of the continuing global economic downturn. The company expects to reduce the number of its employees worldwide by 2,500 during 1Q 2009, approximately 11 […]

Research Triangle Park, NC – January 6, 2009: Lenovo today announced that its latest ThinkVision monitors already meet or exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star 5.0 proposed criteria now, nine months before the monitor criteria take effect in October 2009.  EPA released final criteria for computers in mid-November 2008 and announced in mid-December that […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – January 5, 2009: Lenovo today is bringing users the highest levels of mobile workstation innovation and performance with the introduction of the ThinkPad W700ds mobile workstation. The ThinkPad W700ds gives users prime screen real-estate as the first mobile workstation in the industry with two screens. Lenovo combines a new balance […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – January 5, 2009: Lenovo today announced the latest additions to its Idea brand of personal computers for consumers. The new PCs push the envelope in the pursuit of thinner and more stylish designs, and combine these attributes with unique features like facial recognition and high-definition entertainment technologies to give consumers […]

WOKING, UK, December 17, 2008 – Global PC manufacturer Lenovo and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes today announced a partnership ahead of the 2009 Formula 1 season. Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs will provide the team’s mission-critical computing solutions, both at the race track and at the team’s headquarters. Lenovo engineers and technology specialists have already begun to […]

VANCOUVER, Canada; SANTA CLARA, Calif., and RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C., – Dec. 2, 2008: Absolute Software, Intel Corporation and Lenovo are bringing hardware-based anti-theft and computer-theft deterrence technology for notebook computers to businesses. Select Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebooks will be among the first notebooks to ship with support for Intel® Anti-Theft PC Protection and Absolute Computrace […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – November 25, 2008: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced plans to bring customers a new security defense against unauthorized data access on Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. The Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable feature lets users send a simple text message command via a cell phone to render their PC useless to unauthorized […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – November 24, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls’ school located in Bellevue, Wash., deployed 330 Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet PCs to help give teachers and students new and dynamic ways to teach, learn and engage technology-savvy students in grades 5-12. Forest Ridge administrators selected ThinkPad X60 Tablets and X61 Tablets because […]

Read leading tech analyst?s report on SMC RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? November 18, 2008 ? Lenovo today announced Secure Managed Client (SMC), a first ever, storage-based, desktop computing solution that can dramatically help businesses reduce IT costs and security risks by turning off hard drives and storing all data in a non-server remote location ? […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – November 13, 2008: Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive to give customers a secure way to protect sensitive data in a lightweight and easy-to-use design. The award winning, high capacity hard drive, available in either 160 or 320 GB versions, uses a numeric keypad allowing users to […]

LENOVO REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2008/09 RESULTS Quarterly sales of US$4.3 billion Quarterly EBITDA of US$107 million Pre-tax income of US$39 million Profit attributable to shareholders of US$23 million Basic EPS of 0.27 US cents, or 2.10 HK cents Net cash reserves of US$1.5 billion (as of September 30, 2008) Above figures reflect continuing operations only […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – November 3, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Lyon College is planning to deploy more than 550 ThinkPad notebook PCs over the next three years. The College recently finished rolling out nearly 200 ThinkPad R61 notebooks to its freshman class and faculty for the 2008-2009 school year. Lyon College, a small, liberal arts school […]

DALLAS, Texas, and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Oct. 30, 2008 ? Business PC users now have a new, affordable option to access broadband-speed Internet via their ThinkPad notebook PCs through a new alliance announced today by AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and Ericsson. The collaboration significantly lowers the price premium usually associated […]

Orlando, FL – October 29, 2008: Lenovo today announced its greenest, most secure and most manageable ThinkCentre desktop PC yet, the M58/M58p, with Power Manager[1], a ThinkVantage technology that allows PC users to control their electricity consumption remotely, and available for the first time ever on a ThinkCentre PC. Power Manager allows customers to save energy […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – October 28, 2008: Lenovo today introduced its “e” IdeaPad S10e netbook for education. Designed for students for one-to-one computing in grades K-12 as well as those in higher education, the new netbook combines the portability of a small and light PC device starting under three pounds with Internet and multimedia functionality […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – October 14, 2008: Lenovo today announced the latest addition to its lineup of consumer desktop PCs – the H210. Affordable, easy to use and equipped with a full suite of cutting edge features such as facial recognition software, the H210 is designed to meet the needs of the entire family. […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – October 8, 2008: Lenovo today announced it is bringing the latest high-speed wireless connectivity to its customers through a broad offering of WiMAX-enabled[1] Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad notebook PCs. Lenovo’s WiMAX lineup addresses all types of users, from business users needing ultraportability with the thin and light ThinkPad X301 notebook […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – September 23, 2008: Lenovo today announced two new ThinkPad notebooks that significantly address the key factors mobile computer users consider today – light weight, long battery life and usability. With models starting at just 2.4 pounds[1] and with models offering maximum battery life lasting up to more than 13 hours[2], the […]

NEW YORK – September 17, 2008:  At the Interop show today, Lenovo announced the latest additions to its ThinkVision monitor portfolio that pioneer a new level of energy-efficiency for PC displays.  Delivering outstanding performance, the new ThinkVision L1700p, L1940 Wide, L1940p Wide, L2240p Wide, L2440p Wide and L2440x Wide monitors use 30-60 percent less energy […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and NEW YORK, September 15, 2008. Lenovo today announced it has joined international non-profit organization, The Climate Group, and as part of that membership unveiled a comprehensive program that rewards consumers for recycling end-of-life devices, and offers consumers incentives to power new computers with renewable energy. This new program encourages consumers […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? September 10, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Northern Michigan University deployed 6,000 ThinkPad notebooks to provide all full-time Wildcats easy and secure access to more than 700 Web-based classes this fall.  Less than one month after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, student athletes enrolled in the United States Olympic Education Center […]