Asus

 Asus (styled as ASUS, officially ASUSTeK Computer Inc.) is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers, video cards and mobile phones. It primarily sells products under its own brand but also produces components for other manufacturers, including Apple, Dell and HP.

Asus is the world's fifth-largest PC vendor by 2011 unit sales (after HP, Lenovo, Dell and Acer). Asus appears in BusinessWeek’s "InfoTech 100" and "Asia’s Top 10 IT Companies" rankings. Wall Street Journal Asia ranks it number one in quality and service, and it ranked first in the IT Hardware category of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands survey with a total brand value of US$1.324 billion.
Asus has a primary listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2357) and a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ASKD).

Name

The name Asus originates from Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. Only the last four letters of the word were used in order to give the name a high position in alphabetical listings.
History

Asus was founded in Taipei in 1989 by T.H. Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh and M.T. Liao,[8] all four having previously worked at Acer as computer engineers.

In the early 2000s, Taiwan-based motherboard manufacturers had not yet established their leading positions in the computer-hardware business. Intel Corporation would supply any new processors to more established companies like IBM first, and the Taiwanese companies would have to wait for approximately six months after IBM received their engineering prototypes. As of 2009, Asus receives Intel engineering samples ahead of its competitors.[9]

In January 2007, Asus started restructuring its operations. The company split into three distinct operational units: Asus, Pegatron and the Unihan Corporation. The Asus brand was applied solely to first-party branded computers. Pegatron handled OEM manufacturing of motherboards and components, and the Unihan Corporation focused on non-PC manufacturing such as cases and molding. In January 2008, Pegatron acquired the Unihan Corporation as a subsidiary from Asus.

Timeline

    September 2005: Asus released the first PhysX accelerator card.
    December 2005: Asus entered the LCD TV market with the TLW32001 model, initially only available in the Taiwan market.
    January 2006: Asus announced that it would cooperate with Lamborghini to develop its VX series.
    9 March 2006: Asus was confirmed as one of the manufacturers of the first Microsoft Origami models, together with Samsung and Founder Technology.
    8 August 2006: Asus announced a joint venture with Gigabyte Technology.
    5 June 2007: Asus announced the Eee PC at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007.
    9 September 2007: Asus indicated support for Blu-ray, announcing the release of a BD-ROM/DVD writer PC drive, BC-1205PT. The release of several Blu-ray based notebooks follows.
    31 October 2007: Asus launched a PDA/smartphone range in the UK market.
    3 January 2008: Asus formally split into three companies: ASUSTeK, Pegatron and Unihan.
    22 August 2008: Details of the Asus N10 were leaked online.
    December 2008: Asus released a beta BIOS update that potentially fixes the Windows XP SP3 incompatibility with the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard.
    1 June 2010: Asus spins off Pegatron Corp.
    December 2010: Asus launched the world's thinnest notebook, the Asus U36, with Intel processor voltage standard (not low voltage) Intel core i3 or i5 with a thickness of only 19 mm.
    October 2011: Asus designed UX/21E/31E ZENBOOK™, it uses a precision-crafted design measuring only 3mm at the front and 9mm at the rear. The form features razor thin edges.
        Asus chairman Jonney Shih claimed these ultra thin (under 3 mm at its slimmest edge) laptops will last more than seven hours.
    March, 2012: Asus releases in Europe Market Asus K93SM notebook with 18.4-inch display with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD), a GeForce GTX 630M discrete graphics with 1GB of memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit pre-installed.

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Delta Goodrem Opens Up About Relationship With Brian McFadden

 Well-placed sources say the Australia's Got Talent judge is considering his options over two recent interviews in which his former fiancee revealed it "took me a long time to get out" of her relationship with McFadden and how thankful she was when it ended.

Confidential hears the couple - who were together for seven years before breaking up almost 12 months ago - signed a confidentiality agreement when they split agreeing not to talk publicly about the reasons for their parting.

While management for both issued a strict "no comment" yesterday, rumours abound that the contract is now being reviewed by McFadden HQ.

In the July issue of Vogue Australia the 'Sitting On Top Of The World' singer explains how difficult her final months with Brian were, "There is so much I'd like to say. I was really unhappy and I didn't know how to get out. I learnt. I got there in the end."

Delta also admitted on '60 Minutes' last night that she wished she'd walked away from McFadden months earlier.

The 27 year old dated the 'Australia's Got Talent' judge for over 7 years and the pair were well on the way to getting married when they realised that they actually weren't a perfect match. A source close to the former couple said, "In some ways, it was hard for him to be the back seat to the Delta Show, no one could live up to that expectation."

Brian and Delta first met when McFadden was still married to Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, and Delta was constantly referred to as a home wrecker.

But the pair have certainly moved on this year...Delta had a brief relationship with younger man and pop star singer Nick Jonas, whilst Brian is now engaged to Irish model Vogue Williams.

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ALP 'absolutely' backs Julia Gillard, says Nicola Roxon

SUPPORTERS of Kevin Rudd are warning that he is not prepared to inherit the leadership if Labor's electoral prospects at the time are hopeless.

With yesterday's Herald/Nielsen poll showing Labor's all-important primary vote at a record low of 26 per cent, the sense of frustration is growing among those who do not believe the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, can win the next election.

Ms Gillard vowed last week to lead Labor to the 2013 election and to win it. The government is banking on a reversal of fortune after July 1, when the carbon price is introduced and the campaign against the tax by the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, is exposed as hollow. But two senior members of the government who back Mr Rudd said the former prime minister and foreign affairs minister would not accept the job if the government was beyond salvation.

''There will come a time when he says, 'This is all too far gone','' one of the MPs said.

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The other warned: ''The longer it goes on, the more difficult it becomes to do anything that may do any good.''

Both stressed nothing was being organised in terms of the leadership, but the emerging consensus is that there will be a change by Christmas if the polls continue as they are.

Mr Rudd, who has begun to lift his public profile in recent days following a self-imposed silence after February's failed leadership challenge, has gone to China this week.

The Labor strategist Bruce Hawker, who backed Mr Rudd in the February challenge, said yesterday that the ALP was ''in more trouble than the early settlers'

"I really work very closely with Julia. She's incredibly strong, incredibly decent," she told Macquarie Radio.

"It's one of those occasions where some of the public opinion and commentary is so disconnected with the actual experience of Julia face-to-face that it's frustrating for us."

Ms Roxon said politicians dealt with opinion polls.

"They often have news that you don't like," she said.

"If we just made changes, or set up programs or announced laws only thinking about whether or not the poll would change, I think we would be rightly and roundly criticised for not looking at what was in the national interest."

Labor backbencher Nick Champion, who supported Kevin Rudd in the February leadership spill, played down speculation about Ms Gillard's future.

"We made our decision a couple of months ago," he told Sky News.

"I said my piece then and I accept caucus's judgment."

Liberal backbencher Steven Ciobo said voters were saying they had had a "gutful" of the government.

He dismissed commentary that Mr Abbott was unpopular because he was too negative, saying the job of an opposition leader was to hold the government to account.

"If that makes us look negative, well, so be it," Mr Ciobo told Sky News.

Mr Abbott's approval rating slipped five points to 39 per cent in the Nielsen poll, but he leads Ms Gillard as preferred prime minister 46-44.

Eddie McGuire stirs the Blues' pot by naming Mick Malthouse as a potential coach

RIVERS of gold flow through Carlton thanks to the hundreds of gaming machines gifted to the club by pokies king Bruce Mathieson.

Money isn't an issue at Visy Park.

So someone should pick up the phone today and call Peter Sidwell, the long-time manager of "resting'' coach Mick Malthouse.

Whoever makes that call will discover that Malthouse, 58, is free to coach next year and continues to pine for the cut and thrust of footy.

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None of his lucrative contracts with Channel 7, 3AW and La Trobe University are binding, meaning he can walk away and return to coaching anytime he likes.

His severance agreement with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire precluded him from coaching elsewhere this year, but not in 2013.
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Malthouse has been outstanding in his brief sojourn to the "dark side'' as a media commentator, but is not yet lost to coaching.

In betting markets, the Blues have drifted from $4.75 at the start of May to $21 at the beginning of winter to win the flag. Enter McGuire. On his morning radio show, McGuire said he sympathised with Ratten's plight but that "you're always under pressure at Carlton if you're not winning".
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That McGuire is president of Carlton's most hated rival adds an element to his suggestion that Malthouse, a man with whom he had a public stoush earlier this season, would be an ideal fit at the Blues should the role become available.

"Carlton would be a club that would have all the infrastructure, the player list, the whole thing that would I'm sure at least make him lift his eye," McGuire said.

"Greg Swann is the CEO down there (and) he's still very close with Mick. A team of that ilk would be something that maybe would get Mick's attention."

McGuire is no stranger to stirring the pot in regards to Carlton. He once likened Swann's defection from Collingwood back in 2007 to become the chief executive at Carlton as akin to him joining al-Qa'ida.

It is the type of talk that Carlton ruckman Rob Warnock, who fronted a press conference yesterday, said would "do your head in" if paid any attention.

There is no doubting Carlton's injury woes have had an impact in recent weeks, with the loss of veteran Heath Scotland to a calf injury the latest blow. It exacerbates the absence of star midfielder Marc Murphy and run-with Blue Andrew Carrazzo.

Following the shock loss to Port Adelaide, Ratten said he hoped ruckman Matthew Kreuzer, who was a late withdrawal against the Power, Lachie Henderson, Nick Duigan and Jarrad Waite would return for the Geelong match. Waite, though, was deemed just days earlier to be only a chance due to a persistent back problem.

The Cats also received a boost yesterday when dual-premiership forward Tom Hawkins signed with the club for another three years.

Seinfeld actor apologises for 'gay' cricket remark

The joke wasn't well received by gays and lesbians (and possibly cricket fans), resulting in a lengthy, almost philosophical apology from Alexander.

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In a message of amends, which he posted on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation website, he wrote that he at first didn't grasp why some might object to the comment, but that subsequent Platonic conversations with his gay friends led him to realise his insensitivity:

"I asked a few of my gay friends about it. And at first, even they couldn't quite find the offence in the bit. But as we explored it, we began to realise what was implied under the humour. I was basing my use of the word 'gay' on the silly generalisation that real men don't do refined things and that my portrayal of the cricket pitch was pointedly effeminate, thereby suggesting that effeminate and gay were synonymous.

"The problem is that today, as I write this, young men and women whose behaviors, choices or attitudes are not deemed 'man enough' or 'normal' are being subjected to all kinds of abuse from verbal to physical to societal. They are being demeaned and threatened because they don't fit the group's idea of what a 'real man' or a 'real woman' are supposed to look like, act like and feel like.

"In comedy, timing is everything. And when a group of people are still fighting so hard for understanding, acceptance, dignity and essential rights – the time for some kinds of laughs has not yet come. I hope my realisation brings some comfort."

He also laid some of the blame at Australia's door:

"Years ago, I was hosting comics in a touring show in Australia and one of the bits I did was talking about their sports versus American sports. I joked about how their rugby football made our football pale by comparison because it is a brutal, no h hiolds barred sport played virtually without any pads, helmets or protection. And then I followed that with a bit about how, by comparison, their other big sport of cricket seemed so delicate and I used the phrase, 'a bit gay'. Well, it was all a laugh in Australia where it was seen as a joke about how little I understood cricket, which in fact is a very, very athletic sport. The routine was received well but, seeing as their isn’t much talk of cricket here in America, it hasn’t come up in years.

He wrote that, at first, he did not grasp why some might object to the comment, but that subsequent conversations with his gay friends led him to realise his insensitivity.

Alexander's remarks came when he told CBS host Craig Ferguson that aspects of cricket made it a "gay game" compared with other sports.

The actor's 1000-word-plus "message of amends" said that the joking remark played into "hurtful assumptions and diminishments" about people.

He also wrote that, as an actor with many gay friends, he "should know better".

Alexander said previous routines about sport in Australia, in which he used similar terms, had been well received.

"Years ago, I was hosting comics in a touring show in Australia and one of the bits I did was talking about their sports versus American sports. I joked about how their rugby football made our football pale by comparison because it is a brutal, no-holds-barred sport played virtually without any pads, helmets or protection.

"And then I followed that with a bit about how, by comparison, their other big sport of cricket seemed so delicate and I used the phrase, 'a bit gay'. Well, it was all a laugh in Australia where it was seen as a joke about how little I understood cricket, which in fact is a very, very athletic sport.

"When Craig mentioned cricket I thought, 'Oh, goody – I have a comic bit about cricket I can do. Won't that be entertaining?'

"And so I did a chunk of this old routine and again referred to cricket as kind of 'gay' – talking about the all white uniforms that never seem to get soiled; the break they take for tea time with a formal tea cart rolled on to the field, etc. I also did an exaggerated demonstration of the rather unusual way they pitch the cricket ball, which is very dance-like with a rather unusual and exaggerated arm gesture.

"Again, the routine seemed to play very well and I thought it had been a good appearance."

Alexander then went on to say that some of his Twitter followers made him aware that they were both gay and offended by the jokes.

Anthony Warlow to make Broadway debut as Daddy Warbucks in Annie

Australian stage veteran has accepted the role of the lonely tycoon in a new production of Annie opening at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on October 3, replacing Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which starred another Australian in a lead role, Tony Sheldon.

Warlow's decision to make his US debut at the age of 50 will force him to cut short his commitment to the present Australian tour of Annie. His final Australian performance will be on August 5 in Melbourne, where Annie opened at the Regent Theatre last week after sellout seasons in Brisbane and Sydney.

Producer John Frost says he hopes to announce Warlow's replacement within a week or two. The new actor will perform the final week of the Melbourne season and appear in the subsequent Perth season.

When the New York production opens at the Palace Theatre on November 8 it will mark Warlow's Broadway debut.

It's a huge achievement for Warlow, who won critical acclaim - and the love of audiences - as the lead in The Phantom Of The Opera in 1990 and Doctor Zhivago last year, with a glittering career in-between.

Despite now being faced with a fresh search for an Aussie Daddy Warbucks, Annie producer John Frost was thrilled for his close friend's Broadway role.

"I'm so glad that finally Broadway audiences will be able to experience the Warlow magic,'' Frost said.

"Anthony has proved, both in the 2000 Australian production and again in the current tour, that he is the definitive Daddy Warbucks of our time.

"It is so apt and exciting that it is Annie and one of his favourite roles that takes Anthony to Broadway for the first time.

"I am overjoyed for him, and wish him well.''

Warlow will continue starring in Annie in Melbourne until August 5 and his replacement will be announced in coming weeks.

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The Voice contestants Emma Louise Birdsall and Adam Martin spotted getting cosy

 Emotional soul man Darren Percival stamped his claim on The Voice title with a "tent revival" performance of Stevie Wonder's I Believe which had the audience and coaches on their feet and viewers smashing social media in support last night.

Viktoria Bolonina and Danni Da Ros were farewelled from Team Delta with good speed while Seal assured Chris Sebastian and Emma Louise Birdsall they had a shining future without a semi-finals berth on The Voice.

With Karise Eden, Rachael Leahcar, Fatai V and Glenn Cunningham worthy of their next round berths, the attention turned to the performances of the remainder of Team Keith and Team Joel's finalists.

The Twitterverse was in consensus on Percival, with the impassioned rendition of Bonnie Raitt's heartbreaking I Can't Make You Love Me by Diana Rouvas also confirming her as a not-so-dark horse for the inaugural The Voice title.

While other contestants including Adam Martin and Sarah DeBono received fan support online, the coaches appeared generally underwhelmed by the efforts of Lakyn Heperi and Brittany Cairns.

One of our spies spotted the pair publicly "canoodling" in Martin Place on Wednesday afternoon.

Team Keith member Martin and 20-year-old Birdsall, from Team Seal, are among the remaining 16 hopefuls.

A source on set confirmed the romance between the Melbourne rocker, 24, and Sydney jazz songstress, who seductively sang The Look Of Love last Monday.

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Anthony Warlow

Anthony Warlow (born 18 November 1961 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera and musical theatre performer, noted for his character acting and considerable vocal range (from tenor to baritone).

He is married to Celia and they have a daughter, Phoebe Rose.

Opera

His opera roles include major roles in Die Fledermaus (as "Gabriel Eisenstein"), The Magic Flute (as "Papageno"), A Midsummer Night's Dream (as "Puck") and The Tales of Hoffman.
Gilbert and Sullivan

His Gilbert and Sullivan roles for Opera Australia include the featured comedic role of "Ko-Ko" in The Mikado (2004/2009), "Archibald Grosvenor" in Patience (1996), "Pirate King" in The Pirates of Penzance (2006-2007/2010) and in the 2005 double-bill of Trial by Jury (as the "Learned Judge") and H.M.S. Pinafore (as "Captain Corcoran"). Apart from The Mikado, these Gilbert and Sullivan productions are available on DVD. In 1987, Warlow also performed a one man show originally written for John Reed, called A Song to Sing, O, about George Grossmith, the comedian who originated the principal comic roles for Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 through the 1880s.
Other performances

Warlow performed Advance Australia Fair at the 2008 NRL Grand Final on 5 October 2008.
Phantom of the Opera

2007-2009

Warlow first portrayed the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in the original Australian production, circa 1990.

It was announced in October 2006 that Phantom would reopen in Melbourne the following year and that Warlow had agreed to reprise his role as "The Phantom".

Phantom reopened in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre, its original home, on Thursday, 19 July 2007. Alongside Warlow, Australia's Ana Marina and John Bowles were cast as Christine Daae and Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny. Although he performed for the industry opening night, Warlow was struck down by a bout of influenza that had also claimed many of the other cast and crew and he missed the first two and a half weeks of the show's Melbourne season. Understudy Simon Pryce performed in his place until Warlow made a triumphant return on 9 August 2007.

Unlike the original Australian Phantom, Warlow played the Phantom for the two-year tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Phantom of the Opera opened at Melbourne's Princess Theatre on 28 July 2007, then at Brisbane's Lyric Theatre in February 2008 followed by Sydney's Lyric Theatre in May 2008. After closing in Sydney on 14 September, the production moved to Auckland, New Zealand and following a holiday break, subsequently opened in Perth in February 2009. The last stop on the tour was Adelaide where Warlow donned the mask for the final time on 23 May 2009. Warlow recently appeared as a guest at the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The Pirates of Penzance

Opera Australia — 2006–2007 tour

Between 2 August 2006 and 2 June 2007, Warlow appeared in the Opera Australia production of "The Pirates of Penzance" (a popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera), in which he played the role of the "Pirate King" — with performances during 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales (at the Sydney Opera House), in Canberra, ACT and in Brisbane, Queensland (at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre), as well as enjoying full houses in Melbourne, Victoria in 2007.

Anthony Warlow's Pirate King appeared in dress, voice and mannerism very similar to Captain Jack Sparrow from "Pirates of the Caribbean". In a press interview in Brisbane, Anthony Warlow said that he had deliberately based his Pirate King on Johnny Depp's character from "Pirates of the Caribbean" so that people who may not know the opera but are aware of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy of movies could enjoy the opera more. David Hobson (as "Frederic") and Suzanne Johnston (as "Ruth") also appeared in this production. The lead female role of Mabel, initially played by Emma Matthews was taken over by soprano Taryn Fiebig for most of the tour. John Bolton-Wood, originally cast as "Major-General Stanley" was replaced by Reg Livermore for the Melbourne season, and the role of the "Sergeant of Police" in Melbourne given to Shane Lorencev after the departure of bass Richard Alexander, the original "Sergeant".

This production of "The Pirates of Penzance" was shown on television by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday 9 December 2006. A DVD of the production was subsequently released.
Health and work

Anthony Warlow was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1992, during the early publicity for the arena production of Jesus Christ Superstar where he was to appear as Pilate. This forced him to put his career on hold for about a year while he battled the disease, and his role in the production was given to John Waters. He returned to the performance circuit in the second half of 1993 with a national concert tour for the launch of his Back In The Swing album. He has since done promotional work for the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.

His fourth solo album, Midnight Dreaming, reached the top ten of the Australian Aria Charts. Warlow also briefly appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1998 with the double A-side single "Beauty School Dropout/My Prayer". Warlow was back on television, in a concert performance, on the night of 24 December 2006 (the concert was shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

On Doctor Zhivago's opening night in Sydney (February 2011), Warlow tore a calf muscle four hours before the show was due to start, and was thus cut short. Understudy Anton Berezin covered the role and after about a week's worth of rest, Warlow was back on the boards performing to critical acclaim.

Musical Notable musical roles include lead roles in The Phantom of the Opera (as "The Phantom"), The Secret Garden (as "Archibald Craven"), Annie (as Daddy Warbucks), Guys and Dolls (as "Sky Masterson"), My Fair Lady (as "Henry Higgins"), Jekyll and Hyde (original gothic thriller cast recording only, as "Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde"), Man of La Mancha (as Don Quixote), and A Little Night Music (as Frederik Egerman), as well as a significant supporting role in Les Misérables (as Enjolras). Circa 1988, he was internationally regarded as the best Enjolras and was honoured by being selected for the Complete Symphonic Recording, along with leading Les Misérables performers from around the world. This was arguably his break-through role, as he was cast as the Phantom as the Australian tour of Les Misérables was ending. Currently he is performing the role of Doctor Yurii Zhivago in the new musical adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel, Doctor Zhivago. From 5 January 2012 he will be reprising his role as Daddy Warbucks in Annie at the Lyric Theatre, Star City for a strictly limited season of 12 weeks.