In September 2008, PC Pro discovered through a reader that Asus had accidentally shipped laptops that contained cracked and pirated software.
Foreign corporations have also found the online metro guide to be an effective channel to reach Filipinos, with Sony, Asus, McDonald's, KFC, Coca Cola, Kia, Visa, Mastercard, and Johnnie Walker having advertised.
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In April 2009, it was revealed that CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies including Accton plus other major technology companies —Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Intel, Dell, Toshiba, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, SMC, 3Com, Buffalo Technology, Microsoft, and Nintendo— on the condition that CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.
Daniel Griffiths of Forbes noted that this is not the first time Asus has experimented with "hybrid" devices.
In 2007, Asus, Dell, and Apple introduced LED backlights into some of their notebook models.
The company also offers WISPr-compliant Wi-Fi client software (connection management tools) for the iPhone, iPod Touch, Windows XP, Windows Vista, MacBooks and the ASUS EeePC.