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Portables, China boost APAC PC market
News Asia-Pacific PC market grew 18 percent to hit 23.4 million units in third quarter, boosted by government procurements in China and Taiwan, IDC finds.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Sales, Japan, ASUS, Pakistan, mini-notebook, China
Asus Eee PC 1008HA
Reviews Asus has reinvented its iconic netbook in the shape of the slim, attractive Eee PC 1008HA. It's a bold experiment that largely works.
Tags: Battery, system tray, USB, Touchpad, ASUS, keyboard, VAT, data storage, Ethernet, LCD
Asus suffers first quarterly loss in 19 years
News Taiwanese PC maker records a net loss of US$82 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 but expects to improve its margin this quarter, according to reports.
Tags: Personal Computers, Financial statements, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, AsusTek Computer, PC Company, International Data Corp., Motherboard, Quarterly Loss, Asia-Pacific
Asus Eee-reader to open like a book
News More details are surfacing about Asus' upcoming Eee-reader expected out by year-end. Most notable are the cheap price and hinged spine.
Tags: Handhelds, Sony Reader, Tablet, Webcam, ASUS, Laptop Computer, Amazon Kindle, microphone, Handhelds
Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget
News Taiwanese company finds itself smack in the middle of a transition from components maker to serious contender in PCs and accessories. Could Asus could be an Acer in the making?
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Cellular phones, Music devices, Smart phones, Acer Inc., Motherboard, Video, Touch Screen, ASUS
A Netbook/ultramobile hybrid from Sharp
News The five-inch touch-screen mobile computer is meant to be used as a handheld device with thumb-typing.
Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks and tablets, Open Source, Samsung Q1, Sharp NetWalker, Sharp Corp., Sales, Japan, Mozilla Firefox, ASUS
Asus to phase out 7-inch Eee PC netbooks
News The company will concentrate on its 10-inch netbooks, with the original 7-inch size fading away.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Notebook, CeBit, ASUS, Emerging Market, keyboard, Germany, chairman, brand, manufacturer
Google reveals its Chrome OS cohorts
News The company names software, PC and chipmakers it's working with to bring its new operating system to netbooks.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Best strategies, Investor relations, Network administration/implementation, Business applications, Web browsers, Linux server OS, Linux desktop OS, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Your face is easy to fake, says security company
News During a demonstration, the Vietnamese company shows that face recognition-based authentication in laptops may not be an effective security measure.
Tags: Biometrics, PC security, Authentication, Security, Vietnam, Vulnerability, Password, face recognition, Computer, ASUS
Asus cuts Eee PC storage options
News The manufacturer will soon stop offering a choice between solid-state and hard-disk storage for its Eee PC, an Asus spokesperson has said.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, memory capacity, Spokesperson, Storage, ASUS, hard drive, U.K., Dell Computer Corp., company representative, PC
Asus Eee Box
Reviews Despite a few useful features, the Asus Eee Box is a novelty at best. It can't come close to the performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, while a low-end notebook can do everything it can do and more. The appeal of the Eee PC does not carry over to the Eee Box.
Tags: Video, small form factor, Power Brick, ASUS, Hardware, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, photograph, Apple Intel Mac Mini, desktop
Dell Inspiron Mini 9
Reviews Dell's entry into the Netbook market means it's time to take these low-cost, low-power PCs seriously. The Inspiron Mini 9 is an excellent example of the form, if not radically different from the competition.
Tags: Battery, Intel Corp., Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Inspiron Mini 9, Intel Atom, ASUS, RAM, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
Android to take Linux mainstream
News Netbooks will pave way for Google to squash Microsoft's OS dominance in two to three years, thanks to its Linux-based Android platform, according to analyst.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Development/design, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., operating system, ASUS, Microsoft Windows, manufacturer
Asus Eee PC 900
Reviews The Asus Eee PC 900 is an excellent update to the Eee PC 701. The keyboard is still difficult to use, but the addition of a larger, higher-resolution screen, a multi-touch touchpad and more storage gives it the edge over its mini-notebook rivals.
Tags: Screen, CPU, Storage, Notebook, Touchpad, ASUS Eee PC 900, Eee PC 900, Eee 900, ASUS, movie
Garmin and Asus to show off Nuvifones
News A year ago, the Nuvifone's Ciao feature may have carried the day, but today it's unlikely to get shell-shocked consumers to run to the Garmin-Asus creation.
Tags: Smart phones, Garmin Ltd., Mobile, Smart Phone, Garmin nuvifone, GPS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Touch Screen, Nuvifone G60, phone
