<s>
Drobe	B-Device
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Drobe	B-Device
Launchpad	I-Device
)	O
was	O
a	O
computing	O
news	O
web	O
site	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drobe	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Peter	O
Price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
featured	O
a	O
news	B-Application
feed	I-Application
,	O
POP	B-Protocol
email	I-Protocol
checker	O
and	O
a	O
search	O
facility	O
"	O
incorporating	O
AcornSearch.com	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
hosts	O
an	O
online	O
emulator	B-Application
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
using	O
the	O
Java	O
Runtime	O
Environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
subsites	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
hosted	O
by	O
Drobe	B-Device
.	O
</s>
