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  Asus pulled the trigger pretty fast. The news about Asus prepping a new netbook broke out last Friday and a day after, they have given it an official acknowledgement. The 1004DN is the second netbook (first is Mouse LB-F1550W) to sport a DVD drive and features the usual netbook specs – 10-inch screen, 1.66GHz [...]

  Taking some insight from the retail channels, Digitimes is reporting that Asus will advance to blur the line between the netbooks and notebooks. Sometime in mid-April, Asus will reveal Eee PC 1004DN with an optical drive. Other info associated with this is that it will have an Intel Atom N280 processor with GN40 chipset, [...]

  Another day, another netbook enters the overcrowded Eee PC family. Asus has launched Eee PC 1002H which is nothing but 1002HA with some noteworthy changes. The netbook is now powered by an Intel Atom N280 processor instead of N270 like in1002HA and sports a chiclet keyboard. Apart from this, we have the customary netbook [...]

  Asus’ latest netbook boasting an extended battery life has reached the Indian shores. The Eee PC 1000HE gives about 9.5 hours of continuous usage and integrates the new Intel Atom N280 processor. Rest of the specifications is a regurgitation of the previous Eee PCs with the usual 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Wi-Fi, 1.3MP camera, [...]

  Asus showed its Eee PC Shell netbook (1008HA) at the press conference yesterday. The 10-inch netbook is just 2.5cm thin and weighs 1.1kg. The model has been made to look a bit different from the rest of Eee PC range with its shiny pearl colored chassis. On the software front, it features an application [...]

  According to a report from Commercial Times, Asus is supposedly working to create an ultra thin sibling for S101. The netbook called as Eee PC Shell will have a 10.1-inch screen, superior specs than S101 and will supposedly come out in April for around NT$17,000-20,000 (US$486-571). [Via Digitimes|Image]

  With 10-inch netbooks becoming the predominant size in the netbook market, Asus is planning to completely phase out the 8.9-inch Eee PC variant. Benson Lin, President, Asustek Asia-Pacific has confirmed to Digitimes that this will be the last year for consumers to get their hands on 8.9-inch Eee PCs. Asus’ 2009 shipments suggest that [...]

  Asus has launched yet another Eee PC netbook in the Indian market. This time it’s 1002HA that performs as good as 1000HA and looks similar to its stylized S101 with brushed metallic chassis. While the other parts of the spec sheet remain the same, Wi-Fi gets an upgrade to 802.11 b/g/n. Priced at Rs. [...]

  Asus added one more Eee feather to its confusing Eee PC lineup. The Eee PC 1000H-X with Office is well, the same 1000H Eee PC but this time it comes pre-installed with Microsoft Office Personal 2007. The netbook will start retailing from Feb 21 for 57,800 Yen (US$625). Technical Specs: OS: Microsoft Windows XP [...]

  Asus’ last Eee PC shout was heard back in CES where they revealed interesting products and concepts in the Eee PC line. Now they reckon the consumers are ready for another dose of Eee PC and thus, 1000HE comes into picture. The 10-inch netbook integrates Intel’s power efficient N280 Atom processor that helps to [...]

  Anything for geekiness! A guy named Chris took his small Eee PC to a Brooklyn store and etched complete maps of Super Mario Land (Game Boy) on the screen lid. Needless to say, it looks awesome. From his Flickr page: Last night I laser-etched the top of my Eee PC with the complete level [...]

  Installing Mac operating system on netbooks is not new. There have been many netbooks including the Eee PCs that have been tried and tested successfully. However, the previous hackintosh required a patched Mac installation file to detect the netbooks as a genuine Mac system. Now EeeMac Journey has churned out a very nifty tutorial [...]

  Two enthusiasts Matthaus Krzykowski & Daniel Hartmann are showing a proof of concept of Google’s Android OS running on a netbook. With just four hours of toiling, the duo managed to get Android up and running on Asus Eee PC 1000H. The point to be taken from this concept is that Android operating system [...]

  MSI and Intel have already made it clear and now Asus is the latest one that is trying to jump in the ‘netvertible’ fray. Asus has confirmed to Fudzilla that they’ll exhibit their touchscreen tablet Eee PCs at the CES show floor. The models showcased will be an 8.9-inch and 10.2-inch models and will [...]

  Asustek’s onslaught with low cost computer continues. This time, they have launched B203, an Eee Box that is powered by an Intel Celeron C220 processor instead of the customary Atom one. The reason being speculated is that Atom processors are mainly built for small mobile devices and with the rising demand of the netbooks, [...]