The vastly admired Robin Li, presented the box computing concept at Stanford University today. Upon booting up a netbook och phone, the box is available instantly, before the OS or a browser and the functionality is similar to the frontpage of baidu.com. The box is the future of web for Baidu.

I have to admit that I don't fully understand the benefit. The concept is either very smart or quite stupid. And as for "before the OS or a browser": I have access to a browser within a second after opening a Macbook or starting a iPhone - today, pre-box computing.

See this article at GigaOm: The Future of Web According to Baidu
Chinese coverage:
China tech news: China Baidu.com Publishes "Box Computing" Platform
China daily: Baidu's 'box computing' fails to impress experts
and an interview by wsj.com from last week: