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I want wait to see how this unfolds.]]>May 18th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
This is pretty common though; I'm not sure why it deserves an Engadget article. Neither company did anything wrong, per se.]]>May 18th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=1&language=en-US&family=creative&p=200193762-001&src=standard

Title: Boys (8-10) sitting at desks with laptops in classroom, portrait
Image #: 200193762-001
License type: Royalty-free
Photographer: Thomas Barwick
Collection: Digital Vision
Credit: Thomas Barwick]]>May 18th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
Those cheap asshats deserve this article.

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Setting up your own photo shoot would have cost way more than $600. It is a question of branding. The marketing people at Asus should have paid for exclusive use (still cheaper than rolling your own) or at least have checked prior use...

Honestly though, it's not like 99.9% of the people being marketed to would notice.]]>May 18th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 19th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
They're stupid to use stock footage when an original photo would have taken any random employee 5 minutes at a school or home.]]>May 18th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
Yeah, it's not like there are model releases or anything involved.
You can totally just go into any school and start taking pictures of
kids and use them anywhere you want for your business.

And I don't see what the big deal is about this. It's kind of funny they used the same photo, but the use of stock photography is very common. There's nothing to explain about it. And believe it or not, getting good photos is not as simple as just walking into a school or whatever with your cannon powershot.]]>May 19th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/]]>May 18th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
Modem = Modulator/Demodulator. They take digital signals and turn them into analog signals and back again.

Technically speaking, even a wireless broadband card is a "modem" as it is taking analog radio waves and turning them into a digital signal for the computer.

Likewise, your cable box at home is a cable "modem".

Keeping this in mind, it is actually more accurate and descriptive to call it a "dial up Internet port" rather than a "modem".

Adults these days. ;-)]]>May 19th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
Ruh-Roh.]]>May 18th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/More worrying to me is that you didn't notice. Seriously, how could you not notice that? It looks horrendous.]]>May 18th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
Anyway id that kid were me: I'd sue for money, unless they got his permission then did a bad photoshop job which would seem rather pointless....]]>May 19th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/The "barrel charging connector" is on the right on iBooks, the slot before the modem is a kensington security slot]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/The Asus cropped the pic, so we can't tell.]]>May 18th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/
The MSI one is so bad.]]>May 18th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/May 18th 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/asus-and-msi-have-some-splaining-to-do/to shoot an original photo, you need:
1) hire a good photographer
2) rent or borrow a venue
3) hire professional models (model agency alwayyyyys charge very very much)

Though riginal photo also need to be photoshopped,
but, for gettyimage, just click click click and you can start to photoshop it.
Indeed, royalty free image is not....cheap...
The price is even higher then a Eee PC...

They are just...unfortunate....hahha
and the original photo is too nice.....hahah

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I wish I was the owner of that photo so I can sue their asses for a huge sum of money.

How hard is it to just hire someone to make a pose, put your product beside it, then click the camera ?

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