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While it was admittedly difficult to turn our attention away from ASUS’ Dual Panel touchscreen PC, we couldn’t help but notice its latest Lamborghini-inspired machine. The newly announced VX5 was on display here at CeBIT, sporting a 1TB SSD, leather panel rests, that iconic Lamborghini logo and a few chrome accents to boot. Oh, and take our word for it — that leather was supple. Real supple.

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Hands-on: ASUS’ Lamborghini VX5 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re just now wrapping our heads around that 1TB SSD that pureSilicon launched in January, and already ASUS is looking to place us back in a state of disbelief with its newfangled Lamborghini VX5 laptop. Said machine, which is slated to debut tomorrow alongside a litany of other products here in Hannover, will sport a 1TB SSD, a Core 2 Quad CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 16-inch “Full HD” display. You’ll also find a GeForce GT 130M graphics card with 1GB of GDDR3 memory, an illuminated “chiclet” style keyboard and a Blu-ray optical drive to boot. Needless to say, this one’s aimed at those not fazed by stratospheric price tags, and we’re saying that well before the MSRP has been made public. Call it a hunch… or just superb deductive reasoning.

[Via Electricpig]

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ASUS slaps 1TB SSD within Lamborghini VX5 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Check it, OC’ing freaks — ASUS is apparently planning to debut a new concept motherboard at CeBIT, the aptly titled Marine Cool. The high-end mobo is said to be “unlike any other motherboard on the market,” with the all new backplate being the showstopping feature. It’s said that the backplate features a “micro-porous ceramic” technology, which delivers quicker heat dissipation than existing alternatives. If you’re still scratching your head in a seemingly futile attempt to figure out why this matters, the new cooling tech should allow for components to handle even more extreme overclocking without having to hook up some sort of liquid nitrogen rig. One curious aspect was the decision to include dual SO-DIMM slots in place of traditional desktop-grade DIMM slots, though we don’t suspect that’ll be a deal breaker for those willing to accept sacrifices for maximum cooling. As is always the case with ASUS, there’s no indication of a price or eventual commercialization date, but hopefully we’ll get more from the show floor in Hannover.

[Via HotHardware, thanks JC]

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ASUS to showcase Marine Cool concept motherboard at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Endless Ideas’ original BeBook wasn’t exactly the same smash hit as, say, Amazon’s Kindle, but the company’s hoping to refocus some of the spotlight back on itself next week in Germany. According to a succulent teaser page on the company’s website, it has proudly announced that the next-gen e-reader will be on display at CeBIT, bringing with it WiFi and 3G capabilities, touchscreen navigation and wireless RSS support. Sadly, we’re not giving any pictorial clues, but we are told to expect “a complete redesign.” Consider our interest piqued.

[Via Pocket-lint]

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Endless Ideas launching next-gen WiFi BeBook at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Between the Commercial Times and DigiTimes, no secret is safe within ASUS. The former is reporting (via the latter) that ASUS will launch its second generation ultra-thin Eee PC in April as followup to the Eee PC S101. The Eee PC Shell, as it’s supposedly called would mark a welcome departure from ASUS’ staid alphanumeric naming convention and is said to be easier to carry than the S101 while bringing higher specs and a longer battery life for just NT$17,000 – 20,000 ($486 – $571) — that’s well below the S101’s $699 suggested retail price. The name Shell, of course, would seem to imply a curved, clamshell design. Now, with one of ASUS’ favorite events, CeBIT, starting next week, we’d expect an announcement to be days away if the rumor is true — a high probability what with the launch of yesterday’s Eee PC firesale and Intel’s new CULV processors for ultra-slim laptops prepped for a March launch.

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ASUS Eee PC ‘Shell’ ultra-thin netbook launching in April? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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