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• US court rejects dismissal in China Internet filter case

  By Michael Kan | 03 August, 2011 22:25

  A U.S. court rejected motions to dismiss defendants in a US$2.2 billion lawsuit involving a Chinese government-backed Web filtering package that was allegedly built from stolen code, stating that the court had jurisdiction over the case even though the Web filter makers are in China.

• Asus first to put Intel's AppUp store on netbooks

  By Sumner Lemon | 01 June, 2010 14:04

  Asustek Computer will be the first computer maker to put Intel's AppUp Center application store on netbooks, the chip maker said Tuesday.

• Asustek readies new bamboo and Bang & Olufsen laptops

  By Dan Nystedt | 13 May, 2010 21:13

  Asustek Computer Thursday showed off its latest collection of laptops made using bamboo material as well as a family of laptops with Bang & Olufsen sound systems.

• Asustek unveils big 12-inch screen tablet, e-reader

  By Dan Nystedt | 31 May, 2010 22:55

  Asustek Computer on Monday unveiled two Eee Pad tablets running Windows software and, an e-reader, the Eee Tablet, with a note-taking function.

• Computex 2010 to feature iPad rivals

  By Dan Nystedt | 28 May, 2010 20:42

  The Computex Taipei electronics show will celebrate its 30th anniversary when it opens next Tuesday, and will highlight several new tablet computers hoping to compete against Apple's iPad as well as a slew of other electronic gadgets.

• Intel notebook chip shortage worsens

  By Dan Nystedt | 13 May, 2010 20:36

  A shortage of the latest Intel laptop PC microprocessors worsened in April, but the chip giant says it will meet demand by the end of this quarter.

• Asustek sees netbooks keeping lead over iPad-like devices

  By Dan Nystedt | 30 April, 2010 19:22

  Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer believes its popular Eee PC netbook family will continue to attract more buyers than tablet devices such as Apple's iPad.

• Asustek adds scent to style in latest netbook launch

  By Dan Nystedt | 19 January, 2010 20:07

  Asustek Computer launched its newest netbook on Tuesday, a stylish device with faux alligator hide casing and two slender, easy-to-change batteries that the company says will run for six hours each.

• Asus embraces overclocking on newest notebooks

  By Eric Lai | 08 October, 2009 07:02

  Asustek Computer Inc.'s latest wave of netbook and notebook PCs lets users easily tune them to run up to 33% faster, all while staying within warranty.

• Asustek, IBM reach agreement in patent dispute

  By John Ribeiro | 06 October, 2009 18:24

  IBM and Asustek said on Tuesday that they have entered into a broad patent cross-licensing agreement that ends all patent litigation between the two companies.

• Windows 7: The OS that launches a thousand touch-screen PCs?

  By Eric Lai | 21 August, 2009 03:33

  Apple Inc. may still be coy about whether it plans to launch a touch-screen tablet computer this year, but Windows PC makers are forging right ahead.

• yARN: Netbooks the key to Microsoft v Google OS war

  By David Ramli | 11 July, 2009 14:00

  Google has been the Goliath of search for so long it’s hard to see it as David. But now the 11-year old upstart is taking on the tech industry’s biggest giants and its weapon of choice is the smallest computer on sale.

• Asustek puts Android netbook on ice for now

  By Dan Nystedt and Sumner Lemon | 03 June, 2009 04:26

  A day after an Asustek Eee PC running Google's Android operating system was shown at Computex Taipei, top executives from the company said the project will be put on the backburner for now.

• Google keeps quiet on Android laptop plans

  By Dan Nystedt | 01 June, 2009 23:05

  While two laptops based on Google's Android operating system made an appearance ahead of the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei, a senior executive at the search engine company declined to discuss what steps the company is taking to adapt the smartphone OS for laptops.

• Netbook pioneer to stick with Windows in 2009

  By Dan Nystedt | 01 May, 2009 05:09

  Asustek Computer (Asus) plans to continue using Microsoft Windows OSs in its popular Eee PC netbooks this year despite widespread interest in alternatives such as Google's Android software.