Asustek Plans Eee Extras

By Ting-I Tsai

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TAIPEI -- Asustek Computer Inc., the maker of the low-cost Eee PC, plans to offer free online data storage and other Web services in an effort to distinguish its device from the increasingly crowded field of inexpensive personal computers.

The service, which Asustek plans to offer world-wide later this year or early in 2009, will include 20 gigabytes of free Web-based storage for buyers of the Eee PC, Chief Executive Jerry Shen said in an interview. The Eee PC, a mini-notebook that retails for as low as $300, has proven a surprising hit for the Taiwanese company since it was ...