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Asus Eee PC S101 High-End Netbook Gets Official

Eee PC S101 high-end netbook was officially announced, and will be available in brown, champagne and graphite hues, together with a 10.2-inch 16:9 LED backlit display, Intel Atom-based 1.6GHz N270 processor (945GME chipset) and only 2.2cm thick. It will be running either Windows XP or Linux, while storing a 4-in-1 card reader, three USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi 802.11n and up to 64GB SSD. As for pricing, it’s not going to be cheap - $699 for 16GB SSD, Windows XP version or $699 for 32GB SSD with Linux version or $799 for 64GB SSD version with Linux onboard.

Update1: It looks stunningly thin and impressive. Take a look after the break, or surf your way in here.

Update2: Press shots are available here.

Update3: 22.10.2008 - The Eee PC S101 US release is now scheduled to November 1st, priced at $699.

[via hardwarezone]

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze Gets Ogg And FLAC Formats Support

Fuze owners can clap hands with joy, as firmware version 1.01.15, that was recently released, has brought FLAC and Ogg codecs to their Sansa players, which means - quality sound, spiced with lossless encoding. In addition, the new update fixes some of the bugs and improves the user interface, and the rumor says the Sansa Clip is next, to get these cool additions.

[Sandisk via DAPreview]

Tags: audio codecs, firmware update, firmware version 1.01.15, Flac, Fuze, Ogg, Sandisk, Sandisk Sansa Fuze, Sansa Clip, sansa fuze