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engadget.com - 10/29/2008

Asus, Intel launch WePC website, ask community to design PCs for them

— engadget.com — True power is derived from the people, yes? Asus and Intel know this well, so they've launched a website called WePC, where users can draw up concepts and specs for new netbook and notebook models then argue about how fantastic or utterly ... (more) Asus, Intel launch WePC website, ask community to design ...

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danwei.org - 10/31/2008

ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues

— danwei.org — 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 ... (more) ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 10/31/2008

Report: Asus gets customer thrown in jail after she threatens to tell press about its dismal ...

— gadgets.boingboing.net — asus.jpg Asus and a customer are locked in a legal battle in China, according to reports, after it had her imprisoned for ten months when she threatened to tell the press about its use of substandard engineering samples to repair broken gear. Huang ... (more) Report: Asus gets customer thrown in jail after she ...

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WePc.Com Launches
John Battelle's Searchblog — ... an entirely new piece of hardware, and I'm very proud of the work we've done together. Check out my first submission - the LowJackPC. The idea here is to gather the collective intelligence of PC users to help build a smarter, better machine. We've integrated all sorts of tools to help create a platform for ideas, including Grafitti, so you can draw it. But I'm terrible at drawing, so for now, my PC doesn't have any pictures. I should fix that. Anyway, here's the release on the program. From it: Consumers become product designers at ...

Intel and ASUS looking for your help for future laptop designs
Obsessable News Feed — Intel and ASUS have teamed to set up WePC.com, a collaborative web site encouraging users to submit design specs for what they'd like to see in a laptop. You can log on and contribute to the effort by picking your dream feature set, setting balances between extremes like a giant screen and long battery life, and sketching a mock-up of what you think your laptop should look like. Participants can vote on each other's designs, with as-of-yet unspecified prizes going to users who take notable creative roles. Though Intel and ASUS most likely won't build most ...

Intel and Asus try crowdsourcing PCs
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Crowdsourcing is one of today's hot topics, and Intel and Asus have launched a project to use it in the design of innovative PCs, via a Web site at ...

WePC.com to crowdsource laptop design
Salon: Machinist — The Internet is full of examples of "crowdsourcing" -- that is, taking the "wisdom" of the masses and using it to apply knowledge in a particular direction. There are crowdsourced encyclopedias, journalism, commercials and, heck, T-shirt designs. But what about laptops? Yesterday, Intel and Asus announced a new site, WePC.com, which allows anyone to contribute ideas on how to build a new laptop. You submit a written description of a computer that you'd like to see built, and if enough people like the idea and vote favorably for it, ...