Lenovo Delivers Speed

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OU can hardly go wrong with Lenovo. Take the Lenovo IdeaPad Y580. I did–rather our Junior PET did and found it spectacular. Johnathan, the 11-year-old member of our Product Evaluation Team, had a wonderful creative time testing this spectacular IdeaPad. He found this laptop ideal for gaming.

This Windows 7 notebook delivers an enhanced experience with a third generation Intel Core i7 processor. The system memory (RAM) served as a cache for boot files, so the notebook launches superfast in seconds—they say it starts 40 percent faster than a typical Windows 7 computer. I believe it.

The 15.6-inch full HD display is awesome. The battery should last up to 5 hours.

Lenovo OneKey Recovery backs up data on a partition and then restores it when necessary. Let’s say Windows goes down. Not worry. Press the OneKey Recovery button key and you’ll restore the system. Also, the machine comes with Dolby’s software so your stereo speakers give you the Dolby cinematic sound experience.

The keyboard is comfortable to type on. If the room is dim, you can brighten the keys. You can turn off this backlit feature when the room is bright. Love Lenovo.

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ne day, inventor Derek Batey had a brilliant thought. (That can happen when you’re CEO of the company.) Why is it so difficult to keep your iPhone screen clean? Why can’t the case do more than just hold your device?

Batey pointed to studies that reveal the average smartphone is covered with more bacteria than toilet seats, kitchen counters and the bottom of shoes.

There you have it. From a brilliant brain comes a unique product: a protective case that also cleans the screen and eliminates the microbes. Every time you take out your smartphone from this protective case, it emerges squeaky clean. That’s the beauty of the NueVue case. It cleans as it protects.

NueVues are handmade in cotton twill, leather and canvas in a variety of stylish colors. NueVue cases for iPhone are priced from $45; iPad mini from $49; iPad from $57.