slashgear.com - 6/29/2009
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How can you make your external USB Blu-ray drive better than everyone elses? Well, you could make it a Blu-ray burner, give it a range of connections and make it super-cheap, or you could go the ASUS way and put a great big light-up blue X on the side.
According to ASUS, the ...
everythingusb.com - 6/29/2009
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everythingusb.com —
Having a big screen laptop without Blu-ray is
kinda like missing an opportunity to cruise down an...
empty highway. Granted, you can download HD content, but if you are geeks like us, there's an urge to fully leverage the full potential of the ...
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Asus' Slim & Sleek Blu-ray USB Drive with Glowing Big 'X'
slashgear.com - 6/26/2009
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slashgear.com —
After telling us – and then telling us
again – that the Eee Keyboard would arrive this...
month, ASUS are now promising their nettop-in-a-keyboard will actually drop in August 2009. Rather than blaming manufacturing delays or last-minute ...
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ASUS Eee Keyboard delayed until August
hacknmod.com - 6/25/2009
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hacknmod.com —
Here’s another fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY
lasers expert. See all of our DIY laser projects....
I picked up this little key chain light at Lowe’s is made from a solid piece of brass. It is very heavy duty, but very small. I managed to get ...
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Powerful Blu-Ray Laser on a Keychain
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ASUS unleashes USB 2.0 Blu-ray player -- government denies knowlege
Engadget —
... and Windows (but not OS X or Linux) compatibility. The bright blue 'X' on the side also flashes and has a dedicated app just to control its brightness. None of this will help, of course, when the strobing 'X' attracts the attention of the entire underground world of paranormal conspiracy theorists to your bedroom as if you threw up the alien Bat-Signal -- but, you know, whatever. There's no word yet on pricing or availability for this attractive, skinny dude. [Via SlashGear] ...
ASUS unleashes USB 2.0 Blu-ray drive -- government denies knowlege
Engadget HD —
... and Windows (but not OS X or Linux) compatibility. The bright blue 'X' on the side also flashes and has a dedicated app just to control its brightness. None of this will help, of course, when the strobing 'X' attracts the attention of the entire underground world of paranormal conspiracy theorists to your bedroom as if you threw up the alien Bat-Signal -- but, you know, whatever. There's no word yet on pricing or availability for this attractive, skinny dude. [Via SlashGear] ...
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