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Lenovo Intros the Monstrous ThinkPad W700
Slashdot – Engadget recently got their hands on an early delivery of Lenovo’s new powerhouse of a laptop, the W700. Aimed at graphic artists and photographers this beast is designed to really pack a punch. No word on how much for the extra fusion generator to power it for longer than 20 minutes.

The Quick 10: 10 Things 300 Didn’t Tell You
mental_floss – It was, um, a lot of years ago today (480 B.C., to be exact) that King Leonidas and the Spartans were defeated by Xerxes’ army at Thermopylae. Well, that’s according to some accounts. Some historians say that we can’t be sure exactly what day in late summer the Battle of Thermopylae happened, but for our purposes today (namely, a timely Quick 10) we’ll stick with the ones who have agreed on August 11.
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HP Channel Execs: We’ll Fund Small Solution Providers Too
Channel Wire – After revelations that HP plans to co-fund 110 new HP-only salespeople at CDW, the company’s channel execs say they’ll fund smaller SMB solution providers’ efforts to grow their HP business.

Inquirer: Pretty Much Every Nvidia GeForce 8800, 9600 and 9800 Graphics Card Is Defective
Gizmodo – Last month, the Inquirer made the shocking accusation that every Nvidia graphics card with the G84 and G86 chipsets were bad (every 8-series card up to the 8800 basically). Nvidia said that’s crap, but the Inquirer said it was all a big cover up. Now the Inquirer is reporting that “four board partners are seeing G92 and G94 chips going bad in the field at high rates.”