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Saturday, 21 November 2009 06:42

Laptop FAIL: 31% in 3 years, anyway

A study by third-party warranty provider SquareTrade has found that nearly one out of three laptops fail in the first three years, though a third of that total is due to accidents. Overall, Asus laptops have the fewest malfunctions, and HPs have the most.
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Monday, 26 October 2009 05:55

Eeebuntu eeevolves with Debian Linux

The team behind Eeebuntu, an ASUS Eee netbook-optimised version of Ubuntu Linux, has announced that compatibility issues with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala – has led them to abandon Ubuntu and build their work upon Debian Linux from now on.
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Friday, 16 October 2009 10:16

Ubuntu sucks says Eeebuntu developer

The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an unworkable system when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala hits the Internet later this month.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 07:40

Asus aims new notebooks at the media-conscious

Asus's latest N61 and N71 notebook models are aimed at buyers with entertainment in mind. One of their features is Altec Lansing speakers.
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Sunday, 02 August 2009 18:18

ASUS cancels world's first USB 3.0 mobo for no interesting reason

People have been getting pretty excited about the world's first USB 3.0 motherboard, until ASUS decided to kill it that is.


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Thursday, 30 July 2009 09:34

Asus Eee PC T91 Tablet PC - heralding a touch tsunami?

2009 and 2010 looks to be the years that touch screen computing starts becoming as popular as it is on today’s touch screen smartphones, with Asus’ new T91 Eee Tablet PC one of the first to arrive before a touch tsunami arrives thanks to Windows 7 – and that rumoured Apple iTablet/iPad.

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Thursday, 09 July 2009 12:40

Initial Google Chrome OS partners revealed

Google has revealed a partial list of hardware and software companies that it is working with to support Google Chrome OS.
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Monday, 29 June 2009 13:42

The netbook belongs to Linux

Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.

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Thursday, 18 June 2009 03:35

ASUS teams with Disney to launch "fun" netbook for kids

They might have called it the Disney Funbook, but Disney Netpal is the name of a collaborative netbook product from Asus and Disney that may be the first truly serious attempt to provide a commercial grade computer product for children. The new netbook melds the creative design capabilities of Disney with the innovative Eee PC package.

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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 10:45

CSIRO to widen Wi-Fi patent net

Following a successful first wave of legal action to defend patents applicable to Wi-Fi networking, Australia's national science agency CSIRO is going after the rest of the industry.
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Monday, 15 June 2009 12:20

Is Xandros a Linux distro, a marketing machine or a Microsoft stooge?

You may know of Xandros Linux; for many people exposure came through the Eee PC, with this being the distro chosen by Linux-turncoat ASUS. Yet, what is Xandros' stance on open source software? Might Xandros be a thinly-veiled Microsoft tout as Linspire reborn?
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Monday, 01 June 2009 06:08

"Windows 7 crippleware!" scream outraged netbook owners

Microsoft has once again upset many in the netbook user community with news of artificially imposed limitations on the entry level version of its upcoming new operating system Windows 7. All over the web netbook users are accusing Microsoft of crippling Windows 7 Starter edition for no other reason than to extort extra dollars from them.

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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:22

ASUS Linux insult will be Intel and Dell's gain

ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:51

Desktop Linux great white hope hits the canvas

At the beginning of 2008, the landmark Eee PC netbook running Xandros Linux left an unprepared red faced Microsoft with 0% share of a burgeoning new market. Nine months later, thanks to a resurrected Windows XP, Microsoft had 70% of the netbook space. Six months on and recent reports suggest that Linux on netbooks is down to single digits and heading south. True or false?

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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:38

Are Linux netbooks becoming extinct?

The netbook ought to have been the domain of Linux. It certainly started that way, with the inaugural 7" ASUS Eee Linux PC sporting Xandros. Then Windows XP came back into vogue and the vendors backed away. Both ASUS and Dell confirmed today that Linux features little in their future plans.
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Monday, 27 April 2009 15:11

Asus getting real serious about PR

Asus has taken its PR in-house and appointed Linda Vo as its spin-doctor for Australia and New Zealand, who takes over from external consultant Christine Kardashian.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 20:52

The offensive Microsoft anti-Linux netbook offensive

Ever since the unexpected advent of netbooks – who would have expected low-powered computing to be such a winner – Microsoft has been working to push Linux out. Unlike Vista, Windows 7 will run effectively on a netbook. However, Microsoft have reminded us they’re a proprietary company with the offensive Windows 7 Starter Edition being limited to three apps only. Are they trying to insult us or what?
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 16:17

Enquiring minds want to know - why no Linux for NSW high school laptops?

It comes as both a surprise and not a surprise that the New South Wales (NSW) state government chose a "safe bet" of Lenovo and Microsoft to supply many thousands of taxpayer-funded laptops to secondary school students. Was Linux ever on the short list?
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 13:13

Optical Eee PC 1004DN, where netbook meets notebook

Asus has finally taken its Eee PC netbook into the domain of notebooks in both features and price, with the release of its first optical drive model, the 1004DN. The sleek new Eee PC, however, comes at a price that erases all memories of the age of super cheap netbooks that Asus pioneered in 2007.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 17:02

EEE PC 1000HE vs 1000HD: What you get for $400 more in a recession

I'm writing this on my full sized desktop computer but sitting next to me on my desk is a brand new Asus Eee PC HE, idling away on battery power in between the paragraphs I'm writing. I'm yet to see evidence of the much touted 9.5 hours of battery life but we'll get to that later.

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