If the future of multimedia download and storage is this simple and cost-effective, DVD, Blu-ray, and CDs really are doomed. The O!Play offers buzz-word features like 1080p high-def video, high speed file transfers, easy playback of local, network, or internet content, and one-click music sharing at a price so low it makes Apple TV unreasonable.

The O!Play comes with its own remote control, along with HDMI, composite audio/video, and optical digital audio ports. Asus really went all out to ensure that every file format you can imagine is available, including all of Apple’s proprietary media formats and the pirate-friendly RMVB. High-def video output is handled via a powerful boost from eSATA tech.

Asus’ O!Play HDP-DR1 HD Media Player is on sale now.

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Asus delivers Apple TV killer

How they’re going to manage that remains a mystery, but Asus “Eee Reader” is said to have not one but two screens, both with full color displays (the Kindle and eReader both use e-ink that’s black & white only), built-in WiFi for surfing the Web, stereo speakers, a webcam, and a microphone for Skype. To these ears, all those extra features make the Eee Reader sound less like an ebook device and more like a touchscreen tablet — a notion reinforced by rumors that one of the dual screens will also function as a virtual keyboard.

The dual screen displays are connected via a hinged spine, similar to a printed book. It’s a clever idea that should really help to reinforce the feeling of reading a real book instead of staring at a screen, particularly as you use your fingers to “turn” the pages and both screens react to your gesture.

Asus is believed to be aiming for the low end of the pricing spectrum, with two classifications of Eee Readers available — budget and premium versions — with the budget version priced at around $160. I find it hard to swallow that Asus could reasonably expect to offer such a high-tech device, with that huge list of built-in features, at such a bargain-basement price. But Asus is hoping to ship the devices by the end of this year.

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Asus Plans Cheap, Double-Pane eBook Reader

Asus models K70AB-TY002C and TY001C are their biggest computers at 17.3 inches in screen size. Processors of these hardware are either AMD Turion 64 X2 RM 74 (2.2GHz) processor for 2C, while the 1C is powered by a Turion 64 X2 Ultra ZM-84 (2.3GHz).  These models come with 4GB of DDR2 memory and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 with a 512MB buffer.

The 15.6-inch screens are modeled as U50VG-XX060C and are powered with an Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 (2.1GHz), 4GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce G 105M graphics with a 512MB buffer, 250GB hard drive, HDMI port, and a 1.3MP webcam.

Asus F52Q-SX071E is a dual-core T3200 processor (2GHz), 2GB of RAM, and the GL40 chipset and is targeted for business users.

Another of Asus new line of computers are their K50AB (AMD Turion 6 4X2 Ultra ZM-84) and KB0IJ (Intel Pentium dual-core T4200) which has 4GB of RAM, and either a ATI Mobile Radeon HD 4570 or Intel GMA X4500HD graphics with shared memory.

Schedule of these computers are yet to be announced by Asus.

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Asus Powers up with Notebook Line

Linux had it’s chance when Asus launched it’s netbook. Industry experts content that Linux is making a big push on the netbooks market as the operating system requires less hardware processing power, perfect for netbooks. Linux did not fail, but Microsoft simply extended Windows XP life on netbooks and the tables quickly turned. Linux was left in the dust, a place they long occupied.

Stephen is a dreamer, and his dreams of Linux penetrating 50% of the market would remain a fantasy. The release of Windows 7 and it’s capacity to run on netbooks would simply continue the surge of netbooks together with the software giant.

You can read the article here — Linux netbooks expected to reach 50% market share.

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50 percent share for Linux Netbooks?

There is an ongoing explosion of netbooks and a thin version is going to be welcomed by consumers which should make Apple seriously consider creating their own netbooks lineup.

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Asus Air

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Asus Eee Now Able to Receive HDTV Transmissions… Wait, Wha?