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Thin-Pad – The Lenovo ThinkPad X300
When IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo back in 2005, I wondered whether the high level of innovation that IBM had pioneered in the PC field (after all, the company invented the modern PC) would continue. My fears, it turns out, were completely unfounded.
Lenovo has not only been a good steward for the IBM product line, which includes ThinkPad notebook computers, but has released machine after machine that outdistance …
The Wachau Region of Austria
The Wachau region along the Danube (Donau) river in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria), namely the village of Dürnstein as well as Stift Melk have become destinations for visitors.
Dürnstein is where Richard Löwenherz (Richard the Lionhearted) was held captive during the Crusades and you can visit the ruins atop a hill today. It is also a wonderful place to bike ride, enjoy good Austrian wine (Grüner Veltliner, for example), and excellent Austrian …
The Last Frontier: In-flight Internet Access, Take 2
ON BOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 15, 11:45 A.M. EDT
American Airlines was the first U.S. airline to announce in-flight Internet service for domestic flights. The first (test) phase of the American Airlines Gogo Internet service started in the middle of last year on the company’s fleet of 15 767-200 aircraft, which fly its transcontinental routes.
Recently, the company announced it will expand the service to over 300 domestic aircraft (the service doesn’t …
Austrian Airlines 452, London-LHR to Vienna
Arriving at London Heathrow’s Terminal 2, I found myself on the business class line with only one passenger ahead of me. After waiting all of two minutes, I was quickly checked in by the agent, who offered to switch me to a window seat and block the aisle seat so I would have an entire row to myself. He also invited me to wait in the Senator Lounge near my …
