11 posts and columns on Asustek

Intel’s Thunderbolt Technology Is Coming to Non-Mac PCs

in News on December 27, 2011 at 8:55 am PT

After a year of letting Apple have it all to itself, Intel is bringing its Thunderbolt technology — a.k.a. Light Peak — to PC makers.
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Ultrabook Sales Not All That Ultra

in News on October 31, 2011 at 8:10 am PT

Early ultrabook sales may be falling short of expectations‎.
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Apple: Sorry About That Whole Shrinking PC Market Thing; Well, Not Really

in Enterprise on April 14, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

The personal computer market is shrinking. Shrinking! Is Apple’s iPad to blame? Of course it is.

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Start-Up Behind Kinect Gesture Recognition Gets Funding

in News on January 12, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

An Israeli startup behind key parts of Microsoft’s Kinect game device is getting a fresh round of funding to help expand the use of its gesture recognition technology in electronics.

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Android Emerges as Big Rival to iPad

in News on May 28, 2010 at 7:53 am PT

In the high-stakes race to catch Apple Inc.’s hit iPad, the Android operating system that Google Inc. popularized in cellphones is emerging as an early front-runner. Tablet-style computers–a moribund hardware category until the iPad started generating buzz earlier this year–are expected to be a big topic at next week’s Computex trade show, a major forum for product announcements by manufacturers of personal computers.

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Intel Numbers Raise a Question About the Netbook

in News on April 14, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Buried inside Intel’s blowout numbers for the first quarter was a statistic that raised a question about one of the most talked-about tech products of the last three years. Could the netbook be running out of steam?

Nokia Mulls Netbook

in News on August 19, 2009 at 3:05 pm PT

Microsoft is prepping a slimmed down version of the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system to work on so-called netbooks. Asustek is mulling a mini-laptop that runs on Google’s Android OS. Now, Nokia is looking with interest at the netbook market as well.

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Netbooks Vs. Notebooks: ThinkEquity Sees New Smaller Devices Eating Into Revenues, Profits At Apple, Intel

in News on September 24, 2008 at 9:07 am PT

Is the notebook market slowing down? ThinkEquity analyst Vijay Rakesh thinks so. This morning, in fact, he trimmed estimates on both Apple (AAPL) and Intel (INTC) on concerns about a slowdown in the notebook market.