Conan O’Brien interviewed Ajay Bhatt, the co-creator of the USB Port (universal serial bus) who works for Intel, and pointed out that Ajay was played by an actor in the Intel rock star commercial that ran on television.

As is the late night tradition, Ajay appeared in his own comedy parody of the Intel ad, which I thought was better.

On a side note, we like Ajay’s approach that easier is better when it comes to computing.

Now if computer manufacturers would only put quad eSATA ports next to the quad USB ports we’d be in heaven.

The hot Intel Core i7 motherboards are on sale again at Newegg. Prices range from about $400 to $1,070. Full Core i7 systems are also for sale at Amazon. Those prices are a bit higher.

ASUS has announced the 14.1-inch B80A business laptop, just months after their business-minded B50A was released. The B80A will only be released in an all-black model and offers a 14.1-inch WXGA (or WXGA+) display, a choice between several Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM. The computer also boasts a SATA hard drive ranging from 160GB to 250GB, a dual-layer DVD writer, 1.3-megapixel webcam, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi and a 6-cell battery. In addition the unit will feature a consumer-friendly HDMI output, a backlit keyboard and a fingerprint reader.

ASUS has yet to come clean on pricing or a release date.

ASUS has finally released details regarding their ET1602 / ET1603 Eee Top all-in-one PCs. The company has decided to host official details for both units on their website. Both rigs boast a 15.6-inch touchscreen LCD, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB 5,400 RPM hard drive, 1.3-megapixel webcam, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi, a pair of stereo speakers, two USB 2.0 ports, a multicard reader, audio in / out and a nifty handle to help with lugging them around. The ET1602 features an integrated graphics set while the ET1603 includes a discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450. The company did not fess up on pricing or a release date, however.

Asus and Intel want to make the WePC, the first designed-by-consumer PC. I like to think of this as the "People’s PC." The website is designed to have community members submit design ideas for the computer of your dreams.

At the time of this writing, the newest submission is a notebook with spider legs. Maybe they should think twice before asking the public what they want?