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Fujitsu Siemens Computers, confirming its role as innovator in the field of environment and energy saving, has made a mark "Green IT" for their products. The new logo will allow customers to easily identify the devices made with eco-compatible technologies.

The mark "Green IT" allows for the rapid product performance in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact during the entire life cycle, from production stage through to recycling, according to a set of rigid criteria. In addition, the label Green IT is a benchmark for internal Fujitsu Siemens Computers, for a continuous improvement in the development of eco-systems.

Giuseppe Magni, Marketing Director of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, commented the news: "With the development and introduction of this new independent system of identification of Green IT, we have raised the level of our commitment to the environment. After two decades of success in technological innovations eco-compatible, the company has a new ambition, to make further improvements. The brand new "Green IT" confirms our desire to have a leading role among IT providers in terms of processes and environmentally friendly technologies, and demonstrates the commitment of the development of a computer."

The first products to carry the label, starting in November, are the LIFEBOOK professional notebooks and ESPRIMO Mobile, ESPRIMO professional PCs, PCs and consumer line AMILO notebooks, workstations and thin client CELSIUS FUTRO. Fujitsu Siemens Computers is also defining the criteria for server and storage solutions.

The label Green IT uses a simple system at three levels, identified by one to three stars.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed a detailed set of parameters for evaluating different elements of a product. The level of approval higher than three stars, indicating that the products exceed the current legal provisions relating to Green IT. The three-star label is in fact allocated only to those able to answer a list of requirements related to materials, recycling and energy consumption. For example, a business client to three stars should be produced only with materials free of halogen, must be accompanied by guides made with chlorine-free paper, in addition the product must be dismantled by one person using instruments commonly available and all with plastic components weighing more than 25g should be reported according to the standard ISO 11469:2000 for easier identification during disposal. In addition, for the three stars, food products must meet the energy efficiency levels of 80% for PCs and 85% for notebooks in operation with working loads of 20%, 50% and 80 %.

As mentioned earlier travel notebook has just begun, and is far dall'arrestarsi. Asus has in fact sfornato a new notebook that is called N80V (but never a Christian name?), A mid-range notebook with a stylish look. Mount an Intel Core 2 Duo and well-4GB of RAM, to play and edit without performance problems.

The graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS with 1GB of VRAM, the hard disk is 320GB, has a fingerprint reader and an advanced Blu-end ray.Per can count on a webcam integrated 1.3 megapixel with facial recognition , Wi-Fi, bluetooth and the new Quick Start Express Gate.

It past about 40 years since the first concept notebook. A frightening developments (like the rest of the technology) that in recent years seen its characteristics changes day by day.

It's interesting to see that the notebook we know today all descended from a single concept never made it Dynabook was never realized, yet is the model that provided the foundations for the creation of notebooks that we know today. And it is this concept that three days ago has celebrated 40 years at the Mountain View Computer History Museum.

Dynabook was designed by a programmer of Xerox, Alan Kay, who wanted to create a laptop designed (at least initially) children. Just when computers weighed 50 kilos, he designed a concept for a 1 kilo that was decisive for the creation of notebooks, in fact in 1968 for the development of the Dynabook, other developers joined the project managed to work actively to the creation of the first notebooks to be sold on a large scale: Osborne 1, a PC portable (weighing about 10 kilos) released in 1981 boasted of having the beauty of 65 kilobytes of memory for an attractive price of 1800 dollars.

We read on the walkways that appeared a very technical and very feminine ... the notebook disguised as handbag! Looking well, by far, we have the impression that it is a pochette hard but the HP logo express everything.

This is a notebook signed exclusively by Vivienne Tam and presented at New York Fashion Week.

Small, convenient, hi-tech and especially fashion, technology finally becomes fashionable trends and meet the spring-summer 2009: the press and the colors chosen for the skin of the mini-pc, in fact, repeating the leitmotiv of 'Entire collection of Tam. The price: 700 dollars. But for a notebook that combines over the wardrobe that's good enough.

Customize your notebook with satisfactory components can be complicated and meticulous. OCZ introduces this exciting initiative to fans, players, and IT professionals with the new Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook. Designed to make it easier than ever and to fully exploit the benefits of building their notebooks, OCZ launches the "self" is one-of-a-kind, and allows consumers to build a real high-notebook performance with its ideal configuration in a few simple steps to follow.

Although many companies offer customization and different configurations, is nothing compared to the options available to you with a kit do-it-yourself notebook.

Equipped with ATI Radeon graphics performance, OCZ DIY notebook lets you rip all the most advanced system of graphics-intensive games and applications.

Why the kits do-it-yourself, because you can choose the hardware you most like, well, you do not need to replace the entire laptop, in case you want to upgrade: faster CPU, RAM, hard disk, and so on.

For the sake of peace, OCZ validation CPU, HDD, OTD, and memory for the do-it-yourself notebook, to ensure maximum compatibility and stability. Set up your notebook allows you to scour the Web in electronics stores for the best deals for components.

Although mounting your notebook may seem intuitive for enthusiasts, OCZ provides a set-up guide ensuring that all components are installed correctly and all steps have been completed. The guide do-it-yourself not only explains the installation and set-up of the system, but also makes it easy for a novice user to take part in this movement do-it-yourself.

The platform allows Intel Centrino 2 processor with the Intel Core 2 Duo last generation, including CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme, 2.0GHz to 2.6GHz. Among the options available, the user can configure your notebook with 8GB of memory, 80GB hard disk to 500GB with a speed of 5400rpm or 7200rpm, and SSD drive, speakers for a sound in high definition, Express Card, 3 USB ports , HMDI and VGA. The Wi-Fi module, will enable a Bluetooth 2.0 EDR and a 2.0 megapixel camera. For security, OCZ has integrated a fingerprint reader on the palm rest.