ASRock's Debuts World's First Thunderbolt-Certified Mobo
ASRock is the first to get Thunderbolt Certification for one of its 8-Series motherboards.
So far, many rumors and teasers have surfaced regarding the upcoming Z87 motherboards from numerous manufacturers. Today, we bring you yet another one: ASRock is the first company to get Thunderbolt certification for one of its boards. The motherboard in question is the Z87 Extreme9/ac. While this is not the first we've heard about a motherboard with Thunderbolt, ASRock is the first 8-Series motherboard that has passed the Intel Thunderbolt Certification process.
The Z87 motherboards will all likely be released very soon, in line with Intel's Haswell launch at Computex 2013. ASRock has done a lot to differentiate themselves in the motherboard market, with particular emphasis on its A-Style branding. The A-Style feature set includes five features: Purity Sound, HDMI-In, 802.11ac WiFi, Waterproof by Conformal Coating, and Home Cloud.
ASRock was also the first to get Windows 8 certification for its Z87-Extreme4 motherboard.

Another case of journalists not knowing what they hell they copy+paste...
An extra sticker on the box, pretty much.
'Asrock debuts world first...' or 'Asrock's world first...'.
Anyway, not only is this in error because of the Z77 boards but Apple is also part of the world the last I heard and they had it on their Mobo's first.
As I see it, ROHS does actually have meaning to it. While it is possible for the manufacturer to leave ROHS off the box and have the same product, ROHS does certify that the use of hazardous substances meets the ROHS specification. Products without that certification may have significant levels of the six hazardous substances that ROHS restricts.
Personally, I think something like THX is a better example. There are many products on the market that would meet THX certification, however, they do not bother to get THX certified because of the cost involved.