This winter has been, in a word, brutal–even here in sunny California, where cold weather has been killing foliage, busting pipes, and contributing to endless illnesses, including the sinus issues I haven’t been able to shake for, oh, what seems like a million years. On the bright side, it’s given me ample opportunity to try out the dozens of cold remedies on the market. What I’ve found is that no matter what it claims on the box, it’s not cold medicine unless it contains a few tried-and-true ingredients.The same can be said for corporate laptops: if they don’t include a few things like manageability features (i.e. Dell’s Client Manager), then they’re not true corporate systems. Or at least, a distinction must be made–call it a small-business notebook (which often doesn’t include manageability) or an enterprise portable (which does).So I laughed when I saw Sony’s just-announced ultraportable, the VAIO TX Series, referred to in the media as a great ultralight for business travelers. Apparently, the addition of Vista Business Edition was all this system needed to join the corporate ranks. Come on. Everybody who’s followed laptops for even a brief time knows that Sony notebooks are about as well-suited for enterprise work as Macs. Don’t we (the media) owe you (the readers) more than merely regurgitated press releases? How do “experts” continue to get away with telling half the story? You tell me at techtreks@gmail.com. Technology Industry