Lenovo’s ThinkPad X130e student-oriented notebook is now available for just $429. Built to withstand K-12 education environment, the X130 is MILSPEC-tested for durability and comes with rubber bumper around top cover and stronger corners, bezel, hinges, keyboard and ports. The alway-son Active Protection System also protect the notebook against sudden drops.

Lenovo adds to its ThinkPad Edge line the new E425 and E525 models for small-to-medium businesses (SMB). The new Edge laptops project a smart, polished image with new soft finishes available in color choices of heatwave red or midnight black. They are 13 percent slimmer than previous versions.

Lenovo releases its IdeaPad S205 series notebook powered by AMD’s Fusion platform. The S205 11.6-inch notebooks are powered by AMD’s Fusion E350 application processor with ATI Mobility Radeon 6310 graphics. They have a 11.6-inch 1366×768 LCD display with integrated webcam.

MSI launches in the US the new X-Slim X370 notebook powered by AMD’s Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). The 13.4-inch X370 is boosted by AMD’s E-350 dual core APU with 4GB of DDR3 memory and AMD Radeon HD6310 discrete-class graphics. The notebook measures 0.9-inch thick and weighs 3.11lbs.

Dell is launching the new Fusion-powered dual-core Inspiron M102z notebook PC in some markets such as Singapore. The 11.6-inch notebook is powered by either AMD E-350 1.6GHz processor with AMD Radeon HD6310 graphics or AMD C-50 1GHz CPU with Radeon HD6250 graphics. It has 2GB or 4GB of memory.

MSI ships in North America its CR650 notebook powered by AMD’s Accelerated Processing Unit. Powered by the dual core AMD E350 APU running at 1.6GHz, the CR650 packs 3GB of DDR3 memory, Radeon HD6310 discrete-class …

Gateway announced its new NV Series notebook PCs powered by latest AMD processors. Three models will be released. The flagship NV51B05u is powered by AMD E-350 processor with Vision …

Toshiba brings several new models to its Satellite C665D series featuring AMD’s Fusion E-series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) with on-die graphics. These C655D models are powered by AMD’s E-240 or E-350 processor and the integrated graphics includes DirectX 11 support.

Acer introduces the Aspire 5253 and Aspire 4253 notebooks designed for productivity, family entertainment and kids education. Both models are powered …

Verizon Wireless adds the HP Pavilion dm1-2010nr to its 3G-capable notebook lineup. The 11.6-inch dm1 is powered by an AMD Athlon II …