Acer appointed its European head as the company's new president. BenQ is aiming to be the world's third largest optical drive manufacturer in 2005. Looks like Asus had a good first half of the year! Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers lower prices of 915 mobos prior to Intel planned cuts. Intel will be releasing their 600 series CPU's in the first quarter of next year and will remove the 700 series from roadmaps.