Asustek Computer plans to launch more Eee PCs designed to address different market segments, according to company president Jerry Shen. Shen said he anticipates the netbook and Mobile Internet Device (MID) markets will offer substantial business potential in the future generating demand as high as one billion units based on forecasts by Intel. He also noted that Intel is expected to keep shipping Atom N270 CPUs through late second quarter 2009 implying notebook vendors will have consistent processor support.

Asustek currently has a total of 11 Eee PC models on the market differentiated in terms of size, CPU type and design. Shen added that two new categories, Ultimate and Pro Fashion, are planned for 2008. These models will feature dual-core Atom processors and larger storage (either 120GB HDD or 32GB SSD). Shen said he anticipates total Eee PC shipments will exceed 1.5-1.6 million units in the third quarter, putting the company on track to achieve its targeted annual shipments of five million units.

Google, the owners YouTube, have purchased web startup Omnisio, a small company that allows users to easily stitch together videos and mash bits of text over the whole thing. It has the potential to make YouTube videos even worse, or oh-so-much better, depending on your point of view. As you probably guessed, we’re big fans of anything that lets people interact with online video and gives the YouTube community the chance to express themselves in creative ways. New features such as Video Annotations, which allow

The Antikythera Mechanism was salvaged out of a shipwreck in 1900. It’s the original HotHardware — the first known example of an analog computing device. Scientists estimated it was made in 100 BC. Researchers are still trying to find out exactly what the device can do, and identify who might have made it, but according to an article in the journal Nature, newly deciphered markings on the crusty old thing’s dials suggest it was likely made in Syracuse, a Sicilian city that was then a colony of the Greek city

The Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU cooler features H.D.T (Heat-pipe Direct Touch) which offers better cooling due to the direct contact between the copper heat pipes and processor. The HDT-S1283 includes a 120mm cooling fan, anti-vibration fan screws, spoiler design, and an installation process that anyone can do. The three 8mm U type heat-pipes look like they will take care of business as they are exposed and move the heat away from the CPU.

MOTOMODDING has posted a file (requires registration) which is purported to be the official Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard ROM update for the AT&T version of the Motorola Q 9h Global.  We got word not long ago that AT&T will be releasing its WinMo6.1 update for the Q 9h sometime in late July or early August, so it’s at least somewhat reasonable to assume this leaked ROM is the real thing.

Keep in mind that this update is not yet official, so you should proceed with caution.

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The trend towards DRM-free music seems to be giving Dell the notion that the market’s ready for another digital music player. They tried to sell MP3 players five years ago, but got washed away in the Apple iPod tsunami and gave up in 2006. There’s a whiff of “me too” about anybody trying to make portable music players now; Apple’s devices are so ubiquitous that people call any such device “an iPod” at this point. But Dell’s hoping that by hiring an ex-Apple executive to oversee the  making of an inexpensive

If you have any doubt that cloud computing is the next wave of remote and distributing computing and is poised to make major inroads into both the enterprise and consumer markets, then don’t tell HP, Intel, or Yahoo!–who all just joined together in an initiative to create a “global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.” “The HP, Intel and Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed will provide a globally distributed, Internet-scale testing environment designed

AMD hosted a small gathering in the London NYC Hotel yesterday to showcase some of their existing products and technologies, to show off a few products built by their partners, and to demo some products due to be released in the coming months. We attended the event and took a few photos of the various demo stations and thought we’d share them with you here.We’re sure many of you have already seen a few of the items that were on display, but we were able to get a bit more up close and personal with a few of them

The folks over at Briggs & Riley saw our news post yesterday about the Targus Zip-Thru 15.4 Corporate Traveler Laptop Case and sent us word they they have a checkpoint-friendly sleeve coming out on August 15th. They also informed us that they will be first to market with a Travel Sentry Approved Sleeve. A Stand-alone SpeedThru laptop sleeve will cost $89.99 and will be available for those travelers who like to travel light, and prefer to carry just a laptop sleeve.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently gave the go-ahead to manufacturers to release checkpoint-friendly laptop sleeves after a careful review of design proposals and prototypes. Briggs & Riley played a key role in the development of checkpoint-friendly laptop cases that will allow airline passengers to travel through airport security with greater speed, ease and efficiency. In partnership with Travel Sentry, Briggs & Riley approached the TSA in 2004 with a proposed solution that would eliminate the need for travelers to remove laptops during the security check process.