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Tech NewsOoohhhh: $200 Eee PCs Next Year?
On a recent earnings call, Asus explained some of their plans going into 2009. The big one? The company expects to have a $200 entry level Eee PC—which we assume has no Windows. But that $200 announcement is even more interesting when coupled with another announcement—Asus intends to phase out all 7″ and 8.9″ models … Continued
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WePC: Intel, Asus Want to Make Your Dream PC
Intel and Asus have partnered up to create WePC, a website that reaches out to consumers for innovative new PC designs. Visitors to the website are encouraged to share ideas, collaborate and vote on submitted concepts for three main PC categories: netbooks, general notebooks, and gaming notebooks. The goal is to create the first community-designed … Continued
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The Eeephone Cometh: Asus To Launch Android Phone in ’09
We already know Hop-on and Motorola are planning Android-based cellphones, but now there’re a few hints that Asus is interested in joining the game. Some unnamed company sources are reportedly saying it’ll hit the streets during the first half of 2009—which is about the same timing as Motorola’s promised version—though it appears it may be … Continued
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Asus Defiantly Cramming Discrete Graphics Hardware into EeePCs
Perfectly content to dance around, blur, move or even erase the line that separates notebooks from netbooks, Asus — the company that practically invented the market — is planning on including discrete graphics hardware in some of its EeePC models. Why would you want to make an already-expensive piece of “budget” hardware defy its original … Continued
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Microsoft Shows Windows 7 Running on Asus EeePC
Windows honcho Steve “Don’t Blame Me For Vista, I Was Running Office At The Time” Sinofsky hinted that he would whip out an impressively low-powered device to show how skinny Windows 7 can get. Sure enough, today at his keynote at PDC 2008, he waved a Asus EeePC running Win 7 with a 1GHz processor … Continued
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How To Hack an Eee PC and Install It in Your Car Dashboard
One of the great things about netbooks like the Eee PC is all of the potential for modification. This particular hack comes to us via a Russian Eee PC 701 owner who managed to turn it into a carputer for his Honda Fit. With the monitor in the dash and a wireless keyboard in the … Continued
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Hands On Asus Eee S101, Just as Slim and Air-y in Person
We took a look at Asus’s Eee S101 today, and as predicted, it’s the prettiest looking netbook we’ve seen since the birth of the category. It’s 2.2 lbs., extremely light and thin, and the chrome finish on the trackpad area is much better looking than the generic plastic of similar models. The 10.2-inch matte screen … Continued
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Asus Releases New 16:9 Computer Monitor With Integrated Webcam
In what is an increasingly popular trend, Asus has announced they’ll be releasing new 24-inch, 16:9 monitors for the holiday season. Equipped with a 1920×1080 resolution, 20000:1 contrast ratio, 1.3 MP webcam and HDMI-in, the VK246H will appeal to those who want to use the monitor with both computers and home theater components. Asus also … Continued
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Tech News
The Truth About the Apple Tax
The Apple Tax is a popular term for people who believe Macs are overpriced. It’s usually screamed at the top of lungs (or the blog-commenter equivalent), but it’s rarely been dissected. The truth about the Apple Tax is straightforward on one level-you will pay more for the same specs on a Mac-and surprisingly complicated on … Continued
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Cnet Columnist Says Asus Screwed Eee Brand Because It’s From Taiwan
Jonathan Gardner of Cnet Asia had an interesting take on Asus’ over-stretching of the Eee brand, blaming it on the company’s inability to change their local, “Confucian” corporate culture. Gardner, a columnist who apparently knows people, declared that “Asus will not be the next Samsung,” mainly because they’re following the path of a “typical” Taiwan … Continued
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Asus Reeeturns to Its Roots With $300 Eee PC 701SDX
Ten million iterations of the Eee PC later, there are signs Asus might be returning the thoroughly molested brand its simpler, cheaper notebook roots. EeePCNews.de has shots of what they think is the new $300 Eee PC 701SDX. This seven-inch Eee isn’t a whole lot different from past models, it’s just got a slightly updated … Continued
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Asus Recalls Worm-Infested Eee PCs From Japan
Asus has not so surprisingly decided to recall the Eee Box B202 mini PCs infested with the W32/Usbalex worm in Japan. The virus-y boxes are confined to the land of Gojira, since it was only on Eee PCs tailored for the Japanese market. The numbers in play are pretty sad, actually: Asus built a wimpy … Continued
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Asus Eee Touchscreen All-in-One Pops Up for Pre-Order, Looks Vaguely Apple-y
The many, many promises that Asus would release a touchscreen Eee by the end of this year have been fulfilled—by pasting an Eee sticker on a touchscreen all-in-one (also promised, though not with touchiness). This all-in-one touchscreen Eee, which you can pre-order in the UK for £399.99, is pretty hobbled: 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Asus Planning to Release Touchscreen Eee PC Within Six Months
Asustek executive Samson Hu has confirmed his company’s plans to release a touchscreen Eee PC variant for sale by Q1 of 2009. It’s not known whether the devices will look like the touch panel Eee mods that have been floating around or take the shape of a tablet, but we’ll see in January when the … Continued
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Start Your WiMax Engines With Laptops From Acer, Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba
Sprint’s Xohm WiMax network got extra super official today with a party and all, so laptop makers are tossing out confetti in the form of WiMax-enabled notebooks. Here’s what you’ve got to pick from. Acer dropped a pair of Aspire cheapies in 14- and 16-inch sizes, while Asus’s 14 and 15-inchers are a bit mo’ … Continued
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Asus Admits That a Virus Shipped With Some Eee Box Mini PCs
Asus has admitted to its Japanese customers that some of the Eee Box B202 mini PCs they shipped included a recycled.exe virus loaded on the D: partition. When the drive is opened, the virus (identified by Symantec as the W32/Usbalex worm) attempts to infect the C: drive and any removable drives attached to the system. … Continued
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Asus G71 Gaming Laptop Uses Quad-Core Chip
Asus has updated its G-series gaming laptop line with the G71, a notebook that sports Intel’s new QX9300 quad-core processor. The computer comes with a 17-inch Crystal Shine display, an NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB graphics card, and can be customized with up to 4GB of system memory and 1TB of hard disk space. … Continued
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Reviews
First Asus S101 Review (Verdict: What We Expected)
We don’t know what kind of deal with the devil Mobile Computer made, but while most of us are excitedly posting the first real pictures of the Asus S101 netbook, MC is running their full review. After reading through the four page account of the experience, we can sum it up in these quick points:• … Continued
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Asus S101 Looks Thin and Pretty In Real Life, Too
While I thought the Asus S101 (or generic Macbook Air, as I’m pretty much insisting on inaccurately calling it from now to eternity) looked great in its CG mockup, these new, real photos reveal the truth: The Asus S101 won’t quite fool anyone into thinking you’re using a some $2,000 computer, but at .7 inches … Continued
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Asus Ditches Subtlety, Uses Underwear-Clad Model to Sell New Subnotebook
Just so we’re all clear on this, there is no way that purchasing a computer or gadget of any kind, regardless of price, brand or size, will get girls like this to talk to you. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth. Spend that money on some new clothes, a haircut and a gym membership. You … Continued
By Adam Frucci