Now Asustek Computer President Jerry Shen says he plans to launch five FIVE!

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In 2008 he tapped Jerry Shen, then an Asus business unit head, for the CEO position.

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The touch-enabled Eee PC model(s) could come in the form of a convertible tablet although Shen wouldn't specify -- he only promised more details in Q1, presumably at CES. Unsurprisingly, ASUS has no plans to put Vista onto Eee PCs at all.

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Shen expects to double the number of inns he runs next year and is exploring a new chain of hotels with even smaller, cheaper rooms.

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There he met his mentor, the late Shiing-Shen Chern, regarded as one of the greatest geometry experts of the 20th century.

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Shen spearheaded a spin-off of Home Inns from Ctrip.com, the online travel portal he-founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in late 2003.

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