NVIDIA's Ion is finally in an actual netbook, the (as we expected) Lenovo S12 netbook which will ship in August. The Ion chipset combines an Intel Atom CPU with NVIDIA's GeForce 9400 GPU, creating a netbook that while still netbook-ish will provide enough CPU / GPU power to be reasonably multimedia-savvy and also capable of playing a decent number of video games.

Who doesn't have, or isn't planning, a netbook or Ultra Low-Cost PC (ULCPC)-style offering? While Lenovo's netbook, the Ideapad S10 had been previously leaked, it wasn't officially announced until Monday.

Sanmina-SCI Corp announced a sale of its PC business to Hong Kong’s Lenovo Group Ltd. Lenovo is considered to be the world’s fourth largest computer company by shipments. The non-binding agreement with California-based Sanmina will help Lenovo expand its businesses in Mexico and, subsequently, in the North American PC market.

Asia's biggest personal-computer seller Lenovo Group Ltd. tripled profit to a record, beating estimates, after adding sales agents to increase shipments. The company plans to sell its mobile-phone unit to focus on PCs.

With the launch of Lenovo's "IdeaPad" notebook brand, the company enters the worldwide consumer PC market in style, targeting those notebook users who use laptops primarily for entertainment.

Lenovo and Wyse Technology announced a new agreement today that extends Lenovo's PC portfolio with Wyse thin client computing technology. The agreement offers Lenovo customers around the world access to a wide selection of thin clients, including management and multimedia software that complements Lenovo’s notebooks and desktop PCs.

Lenovo and Wyse Technology announced a new agreement that extends Lenovo's PC portfolio with Wyse thin client computing technology. The agreement offers Lenovo customers around the world access to a wide selection of thin clients, including management and multimedia software that complements Lenovo’s notebooks and desktop PCs.

Lenovo today showcased its powerful new entry into the workstation PC market with the launch of the ThinkStation brand. Unveiled in cooperation with the NBA at the NBA Store, ThinkStation marks more than ten years since a major PC vendor has entered the workstation market1.

Lenovo today introduced the industry's first EPEAT Gold rated monitor – the ThinkVision L193p – as part of a new portfolio of PC monitors designed for business users. The portfolio of five new monitors also includes the ThinkVision L190x monitor featuring the slimmest bezel in the industry at just 6.6 millimeters.

Lenovo today announced the appointment of Liu Jun as senior vice president and president, Consumer Business Group. He reports directly to William Amelio and is responsible for the company's worldwide consumer business.

Lenovo, a worldwide leader in the PC market, announced today the 18 finalists selected to compete for the chance to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. Lenovo launched the torchbearer search program with the help of Google to find "new thinkers" from around the world to run the torch in China. This is the longest ever Torch Relay in Olympic history with more cities visited than any past Games.