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danwei.org - 10/31/2008

ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues

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Beijing Times October 27, 2008 Today's Beijing Times reports on a legal case in which Huang Jing, a young woman who had earlier been accused by computer hardware maker ASUS for extortion, decided to countersue for defamation, selling defected products, and false accusation. The newspaper ...

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asus.com - 11/1/2008

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— asus.com — Compact Foldable Design Provides Over 30% Savings on Storage and Transportation Taipei, Taiwan, October 31, 2008– The... ASUS VENTO TA-F Series chassis incorporates space-saving design, user-friendliness and maximized airflow system catered for daily ... (more) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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hothardware.com - 11/3/2008

Asus Announces VENTO Foldable Computer Chassis

— hothardware.com — Ever have the need to pack up your computer for that roadtrip back to college but there's... just no more room left in that '72 AMC Gremlin of yours? Or perhaps you're a small PC reseller with serious space constraints in your inventory warehouse area? ... (more) Asus Announces VENTO Foldable Computer Chassis

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asus.com - 11/2/2008

ASUS Unveils Choice Notebook for the Corporate Elite

— asus.com — Stylish, Powerful and Versatile with Robust Integrated Security, the B80A Notebook is Ideal for Corporate Users Who... Demand the Most from Their Notebooks Taipei, Taiwan, October 31, 2008– As the new flagship system for the ASUS line of business ... (more) ASUS Unveils Choice Notebook for the Corporate Elite

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Report: Asus gets customer thrown in jail after she threatens to tell press about its dismal tech support
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... permitted to be sold in the market. Huang and her lawyer, Zhou Chengyu, demanded that ASUS to pay a compensation of five million US dollars, threatening to break the news to the media and take ASUS to court. Asus, according to the report, then contacted authorities and got her thrown in the clink. Huang has a website up to gather support for her case against Asus, but it's in Chinese. Here's a barely-readable machtrans. ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues [Danwei] Thanks, Chris! ...

Asus Gets Customer Locked Up For 10 Months Over Defective Hardware [OBJECTION]
Gizmodo — ... Now, Huang is suing Asus again—this time for defamation, selling defected products and false accusation. She has even set up a website detailing Asus' offenses against their customers. It certainly appears that both parties are not free from blame here, so I highly doubt that she will be successful with the lawsuit. Either way, the whole situation is pretty frighting. [Danwei via ...

Huang vs. Asus: corporate fraud or consumer greed?
CrunchGear — ... I’m thinking a little of column A, a little of column B. The story is this: Huang Jin, a student in China, bought an Asus laptop that was having a lot of hardware trouble. She sent it back a couple times and eventually they replaced the CPU, which then started overheating. Examining it, she found it to be an “engineering sample” — an early run CPU made for testing purposes — something which isn’t supposed to be distributed publically. ...

ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks — According to Danwei Beijing Times has reported that Asus has accused a young woman named Huang Jing of extortion, which resulted in her being jailed for ten months before being released due to insufficient evidence. She has since then decided to countersue for defamation, selling defective products, and false accusation. ...