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• Asustek shows new Eee PC with slide-out battery

  By Dan Nystedt | 06 January, 2010 13:34

  Asustek Computer showed a bit of style on Tuesday, skinning a netbook with faux alligator hide and outfitting a new premium widescreen laptop with dual touchpads and big Bang & Olufsen speakers.

• Qualcomm shows Eee PC running Android OS

  By Sumner Lemon | 01 June, 2009 21:52

  Qualcomm showed off a previously unannounced version of Asustek Computer's Eee PC based on its Snapdragon processor at the Computex exhibition on Monday, including one running Google's Android operating system.

• 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.

• Acer beat Asus in netbooks last year, to ship 12M this year

  By Dan Nystedt | 30 April, 2009 05:44

  Acer edged out rival Asustek Computer to lead the world in netbook shipments last year.

• Asus turns pink to support cancer research

  By ARN Staff | 04 March, 2009 17:56

  Asus has partnered up with National Breast Caner Foundation to luanch the Pink Eee PC S101H.

• Asus sold 4.9 million Eee PC netbooks last year

  By Dan Nystedt | 13 February, 2009 08:25

  Asustek Computer (Asus) said Thursday that it sold 4.9 million Eee PC netbooks last year, a figure that rival Acer believes it can best.

• Asustek Eee PC, motherboard shipments hit by downturn

  By Dan Nystedt | 09 January, 2009 03:58

  Asustek Computer, the world's largest motherboard maker and developer of the popular Eee PC line of netbooks, slashed its fourth quarter shipment outlook on Thursday, citing slower than expected demand for its products.

• Asustek to unveil US$200 Eee PC netbook next year

  By Dan Nystedt | 28 November, 2008 08:11

  Asustek Computer plans to unveil a new Eee PC netbook that costs just US$200 in the first quarter of next year, a company representative said Thursday.

• Windows 7 Eee PC demonstrated

  By Oliver Garnham | 07 November, 2008 09:40

  Microsoft has demonstrated its Windows 7 operating system (OS) on an Asus Eee PC featuring just 1GB of RAM and a 16GB solid-state drive.

• Acer netbook shipments to beat Asus's Eee PC

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 November, 2008 08:28

  Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, said shipments of its Aspire One netbook could reach 6 million units this year, which would edge out Asustek Computer's popular Eee PC at the top of the market.

• Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs

  By Martyn Williams | 08 October, 2008 11:24

  Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.

• Asustek turns to Celerons amid Atom shortage

  By Dan Nystedt | 22 August, 2008 07:58

  Asustek Computer has turned back the clock to use Intel microprocessors first launched in 2004 in its latest Eee PC netbooks, in part due to a shortage of Intel's Atom chips.