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Lenovo augments the basic Windows touch functionality with its own touch interface, called SimpleTap. Once activated, it provides a touch-friendly, tile-based interface with on screen controls for different settings, like speaker volume, screen brightness, and the integrated webcam. Additional tiles can be added and as... |
In addition to SimpleTap, Lenovo has packed the ThinkPad X220 to the brim with their own proprietary ThinkVantage utilities, which range from power management to data recovery to screen reading tools. Lenovo has also made numerous tweaks behind the curtain to provide faster start times, smoother interfaces, and improve... |
Where smaller 10-inch tablets offer only the bare minimum of ports and connectors, the Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet has actually expanded the offerings with extras like an HD Webcam providing 720p resolution for Skype and video chat, a DisplayPort for video and audio output, and Bluetooth 3.0. The 320GB 7,200rpm hard dr... |
Three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA video output, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and a combination headphone and mic audio jack, comprise of the X220 Tablet's connectors of the wired and wireless variety. A caselock slot lets you physically secure the X220, and a fingerprint reader lets you log on quickly and securely. An Exp... |
The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet may have a touchscreen, but its components are all laptop: a dual-core 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2520M processor provides plenty of power under the hood compared to its competitors running on outdated Core 2 Duo and first-gen Core i5 CPUs. It cranked through Cinebench R11.5 with a score of 2.... |
With the inclusion of a second-generation Intel Core i5 processor, the ThinkPad X220 Tablet also benefits from Intel's improved integrated graphics, earning 3DMark 2006 scores of 2,258 points (at medium resolution) and 1,286 points (at higher resolution settings). Where previous convertible tablets were unable to run e... |
In our MobileMark 2007 battery-life test, the X220 Tablet lasted 5 hours 28 minutes with a 6-cell 63Wh battery. Though it couldn't match the 8:40 of its laptop counterpart, it outlasted the HP EliteBook 2740p (4:42) and the Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 (3:35) and came in minutes behind the Lenovo X200 (5:35). |
The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet succeeds where underpowered, poorly outfitted Windows tablets repeatedly fail. Picking up where the Lenovo X200 left off, the X220 Tablet combines the swiveling multitouch screen with all the features of the X220 laptop, like an industry leading keyboard and rock-solid rugged design. Cle... |
Compare the Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet with several other laptops side by side. |
Bottom Line: The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 takes top honors among tablet PCs, combining choice aspects of a capable ultraportable business laptop with a multitouch Windows tablet. |
Though they weren’t present, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, Minnie Pearl and Bill Monroe were among the Grand Ole Opry stars honored Wednesday night (Oct. 25) in a TV special marking the 75th anniversary of the long-running radio show. |
Vince Gill and Dolly Parton co-hosted the show, scheduled to air Thanksgiving night, Nov. 23, on CBS. The special was taped at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. |
Gill was part of a segment honoring Cline. He teamed with Trisha Yearwood, who sang “Crazy” and — with Gill singing harmonies — “I Fall to Pieces.” Gill handled “Walking After Midnight” himself. |
Garth Brooks brought along some of his male colleagues in the Opry family. Johnny Russell, John Conlee, Bill Anderson and Porter Wagoner helped him sing “Friends in Low Places,” and Steve Wariner dueted with him on a high-energy “Long Neck Bottle.” The performances drew standing ovations from the Opry House audience. |
Parton and Gill had good chemistry throughout the night. They were especially charming on a performance of Hank Williams’ “Hey Good Lookin’.” And Parton anchored a segment in tribute to the Country Music Hall of Fame that included appearances by George Jones, Lynn, Little Jimmy Dickens and Charley Pride. |
An additional taping of a performance by Parton is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT Sunday (Oct. 29) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The Opry has celebrated its anniversary throughout the year 2000. |
Warnings of rogue traders are circulating in Whitnash after a number of incidents and attempted scams in the area this month. |
Officers from Warwickshire Police are warning of an increase in the number of people knocking on doors and offering tree surgeon and roofing type work. |
They say reports are on the rise and residents should take care when being approached by potentially scam workers. |
See Warwick Trading Standards advice online here. |
A Mississippi man went on a shooting spree overnight, killing a sheriff’s deputy and seven other people in three separate locations in rural Lincoln County before the suspect was taken into custody by police, authorities said on Sunday. |
Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, was arrested and was being treated in a hospital for a gunshot wound, according to Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. |
The sheriff’s deputy, identified as William Durr, was fatally shot after responding to an emergency call regarding a domestic dispute late on Saturday night at a house in Bogue Chitto, a small community about 69 miles south of Jackson, the state capital. Durr, 36, had worked for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department ... |
Godbolt also killed three females at the house, Strain said, before heading to another residence in the nearby city of Brookhaven and fatally shooting two boys, Strain said. He then headed to a third address to kill a male and a female victim. Except for the deputy, the victims have not been identified. |
Video of Godbolt minutes after his arrest posted online by the Clarion-Ledger newspaper showed him in handcuffs sitting in a road, surrounded by officers. |
He tells a reporter he had been arguing with relatives about “taking my children home” before they called the police on him. He expresses regret for shooting the sheriff’s deputy. |
Representatives of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to requests for comment. |
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant called the killings a “senseless tragedy” in a statement. |
Lincoln County is a mostly rural area near Mississippi’s southern border with Louisiana, about 65 miles south of Jackson, the state’s capital. |
Boaters are invited to take a look around a new marina which is nearing completion. |
White Mills Marina on the River Nene at Earls Barton will be having the first of this year’s open weekends from 10am until 4pm on Saturday, February 27, and Sunday, February 28. |
The open weekend at the new 141-berth marina which can accommodate wide beams, narrowboats and cruisers has been organised to give boaters the opportunity to come and see for themselves exactly what the new bespoke facility at Lock 9 on the River Nene has to offer. |
Marina manager Chris Dixon said: “Last year, we held a series of open weekends before the cut through to join the River Nene, however it was difficult to envisage how the marina would look once it was full of water. |
Two further open weekends are planned for the weekends of April 2 and 3 and May 7 and 8. |
With Chris now working on site from his boat Bees Knees, White Mills has already started to accept boats for moorings. |
Further information about White Mills Marina is available by visiting www.whitemillsmarina.co.uk or by calling Chris on 07802 890874. |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has resumed purchases of Iranian crude, becoming the second major oil firm after Total to restart trade with Tehran after the lifting of sanctions, trading sources said and ship tracking data showed. |
Iran has been trying to claw back its market share since international sanctions were lifted in January and regaining a major buyer such as Shell will further aid its cause. |
According to shipping data, Shell fixed Suezmax tanker Delta Hellas to bring 130,000 tonnes of Iranian crude from Kharg Island on July 8 to continental Europe. |
Trading sources said the cargo would unload in Rotterdam. |
Shell repaid its outstanding debt to Iran from pre-sanction times earlier this year. |
Besides Total, European purchases of Iranian crude have gone to refineries in Spain, Greece and Italy since the sanctions were lifted in January this year. |
Tehran’s re-entry to the oil market has heightened tensions with arch-rival Saudi Arabia and attempts by OPEC to concoct a strategy to boost oil prices have been scuppered as a result. |
Iran has resisted Saudi Arabia’s calls for output caps as Riyadh is itself aggressively expanding its buyer list ahead of an IPO for its state firm. |
A production freeze deal collapsed in April when Tehran skipped a key meeting in Qatar that included non-OPEC members. OPEC delegates also failed to agree on a plan during their June meeting. |
Major oil producers including Venezuela and Nigeria have been hit hard by a steep fall and protracted weakness in global oil prices. |
Iran’s crude exports are now close to pre-sanctions levels of around 2.5 million barrels per day. |
The price of bitcoin move below the $5000 level for the 1st time since October 2017. The low on Coinbase reached $4950 and bounced. The price has moved back to $5015. That is still down $527 on the day. |
On Sunday, the price corrected above the 100 hour MA (blue line) but earlier today, the price moved bellow that MA and buyers quickly turned to sellers. |
Looking at the daily chart below, the price moved sharply lower last week after buyers continued to fail on rallies toward the 100 day MA (blue line in the chart below). The move lower today moved below the October 17 low at $5102. That is now a close risk level for shorts. |
See Adam's earlier post HERE. |
A British teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 said Wednesday she was shocked by a government decision to revoke her citizenship. |
Shamima Begum, who now wants to return home after giving birth in a refugee camp in Syria last weekend, said the order was "unjust". |
"I am a bit shocked," she told ITV News after learning of the move which was announced in a letter Tuesday from Britain's interior ministry to her mother in London. |
"It's a bit upsetting and frustrating. I feel like it's a bit unjust on me and my son." |
Begum's fate has stirred controversy since she and two friends fled her east London home to join the terror network four years ago when she was aged just 15. |
The case highlights a dilemma facing many European countries, divided over whether to allow jihadists and IS sympathisers home to face prosecution or barring them over security concerns as the so-called "caliphate" crumbles. |
A spokeswoman for the interior ministry said on Tuesday it would not comment on individual cases, "but any decisions to deprive individuals of their citizenship are based on all available evidence and not taken lightly". |
She added that interior minister Sajid Javid was intent on prioritising "the safety and security of Britain and the people who live here". |
"In order to protect this country, he has the power to deprive someone of their British citizenship where it would not render them stateless." |
Begum gave birth to her third child at the weekend, and appealed to British authorities to show "compassion" by allowing her to raise the baby in Britain -- while expressing no regret over having joined IS. |
A lawyer for her family said it was disappointed with the move. |
"(The) family are very disappointed with the... intention to have an order made depriving Shamima of her citizenship," Tasnime Akunjee said on Twitter. |
"We are considering all legal avenues to challenge this decision." |
Begum, who is of Bangladeshi heritage, was born in Britain, has never had a Bangladeshi passport and is not a dual citizen, according to Akunjee. |
The interior ministry reportedly believes that she is entitled to claim citizenship in the south Asian country. |
Chiranjiv Sarker, head of the consular wing and dual nationality issues at Bangladesh's foreign ministry, told AFP it was aware of the case but had not received any contact from the family. |
"So far none of her family members (has) approached us," he said. "What I learn from newspapers is that Shamima was trying to return to Britain." |
He added that, if approached, the ministry would need to try to verify Begum's Bangladeshi heritage to assess any possible eligibility for citizenship. |
Begum is currently in a refugee camp in northeast Syria where she fled to escape fighting in the east of the country along with hundreds of other people with links to IS. |
She said she has previously given birth to two other children after marrying in Syria. Both children have died, apparently from illness and malnutrition. |
Begum said in recent media interviews that Abase had stayed in a village where IS fighters are making a final stand against US-backed forces. |
The British government on Monday rebuffed US President Donald Trump's call to take back alleged UK jihadists captured in the war-ravaged country. |
Trump had called on Britain, France, Germany and other European allies "to take back over 800 IS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial". |
As her husband has Dutch nationality then her baby is also Dutch and so its British nationality can be easily revoked without making the baby Stateless. |
As her husband has Dutch nationality then she can go and live with him there, or have they already been refused entry into the Netherlands. |
"Bengali" is a tribal identification. "Bangladeshi" is a state identification. Lebanon has this same confusion in its so-called constitution. That's why Lebanon is so weak. |
Hungary expects right to win upcoming elections, radical right-wing party says 'Jews have nothing to fear' from them. |
Hungary's left-wing parties are certain to fail at Monday's presidential vote but have already won a victory of sorts, forming a rare united front against Prime Minister Viktor Orban. |
Ahead of next year's general election, challenges to the powerful right-wing premier are taking shape on both left and right, although few are speculating they will be strong enough to turn Hungary's populist tide. |
The parliamentary vote for the largely ceremonial presidential role is a mere formality given that Orban's ruling right-wing Fidesz party, in power since 2010, holds close to a two-thirds majority. |
In the last election five years ago, Orban's ally Janos Ader ran uncontested. |
But on Monday, Ader, standing for reelection, faces respected former ombudsman Laszlo Majtenyi who has managed to unite normally warring leftist parties, all of whose 43 lawmakers in the 199-seat house have pledged to vote for him. |
"It's significant because for once they support a single candidate even though they don't like each other," analyst Csaba Toth told AFP. |
The key question is whether that unity will lead them to support Lajos Botka, mayor of the third-biggest city Szeged, as prime ministerial candidate. |
Botka, towering at nearly two metres (6.5 feet) in height, was put forward in December by the Socialists, the largest leftist party. |
A trained lawyer and ex-water polo player who cuts a formidable figure, his competent running since 2002 of Szeged, the only major city not controlled by Fidesz, has earned the 44-year-old respect across party lines. |
Botka has accused strongman Orban of governing like a "king" and said the time has come for "new left-wing policies." |
Although a recent poll put Botka almost neck-and-neck with Orban in personal popularity, his Socialist party is much less popular, tainted by its roots as a communist party and a corruption-ridden spell in government. |
Botka insists he will only run if the fragmented left bloc, comprising some seven parties, stands behind him - a Herculean task given their current reluctance to cooperate. |
Under election rules most seats are won on a first-past-the-post basis, rewarding the monolithic Fidesz. |
Therefore without compromises and alliances, the leftist opposition can expect "total defeat," local journalist Peter Peto told AFP. |
If Botka drops out, the opposite political wing could serve up the main rival to Orban - Gabor Vona, the charismatic young leader of the radical-right Jobbik party. |
The ultra-nationalist outfit, whose members used to burn EU flags and spout anti-Semitic rhetoric, came second behind Fidesz in 2014 with 20 percent of the votes. |
But when the migrant crisis hit the following year, Jobbik was outflanked by Orban's hardline anti-immigration stance and saw its support stagnate. |
Vona, 38, has since sought to revamp the party image, akin to moves undertaken by other far-right movements in Europe. |
Jewish community leaders were taken aback when he offered his Hanukkah greetings last year, while he has told the country's much-slighted Roma population that they have "nothing to fear from Jobbik". |
Vona's candidacy hinges on the fate of the left-wing hope Botka, according to the analyst Csaba Toth. |
"If Botka enters the race, that leaves little room for Jobbik... If Botka drops out, Vona has a fighting chance of leading the anti-Orban challenge," he said. |
The smart money, according to Toth, remains on a comfortable win next year for Fidesz, who lead both the Socialists and Jobbik by around 30 points in current polls. |
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