Items tagged with 'Satellite'

Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV Notebook Review

Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV Notebook Review

We're seeing more and more CULV notebooks hit the market these days. The growing sector of Consumer Ultra Low Voltage machines attempts to bridge the gap between lower cost netbooks and full-size notebooks, offering a more powerful chip than the ubiquitous Atom options we see in netbooks, but one that consumes less power... Read More
Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV Notebook Review

Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV Notebook Review

We're seeing more and more CULV notebooks hit the market these days. The growing sector of Consumer Ultra Low Voltage machines attempts to bridge the gap between lower cost netbooks and full-size notebooks, offering a more powerful chip than the ubiquitous Atom options we see in netbooks, but one that consumes less power... Read More
Toshiba Announces Windows 7 Notebooks, Netbooks, & Touch Models

Toshiba Announces Windows 7 Notebooks, Netbooks, & Touch Models

Toshiba is planning to offer various Satellite and Qosmio laptops with Windows 7 beginning October 22. Toshiba's range of laptops with Windows 7 Home Premium will include the Satellite U500 Series, Satellite M500 Series, Satellite A500 Series, Satellite P500 Series, Satellite L500 Series, Satellite T100 Series, and the... Read More
TerreStar Launches Huge Communications Satellite

TerreStar Launches Huge Communications Satellite

Remember the satellite phone? You know, those oftentimes huge cellphones that are seen occasionally in sci-fi flicks and every other episode of 24? Believe it or not, there's still quite the market for those things, despite the surge in network expansion from mobile operators across the globe.To serve said niche, TerreStar... Read More
Toshiba Outs Satellite A, M, P and U Notebooks

Toshiba Outs Satellite A, M, P and U Notebooks

We're not sure what's up with all of these companies busting out "back-to-school" machines in late June, but we're downright saddened by it. While kids attempt to enjoy their summer break, firms like Toshiba are helping them remember that next term is just months away. Today, Toshiba has revealed a new slate of notebooks,... Read More
Can GSM/Satellite Hybrid Phones Go Mainstream?

Can GSM/Satellite Hybrid Phones Go Mainstream?

While satellite phones were last hot during the original Jurassic Park, there's apparently still a market out there for folks who find themselves in some of the world's most remote locales. TerreStar Corporation and SkyTerra are attempting to do what rivals Iridium and Globalstar haven't been able to: launch a serious sat... Read More
Two Satellites Collide Over Siberia

Two Satellites Collide Over Siberia

Two large communications satellites, one American and one Russian, collided in space 490 miles over Siberia, NASA reported Wednesday. The collision involved an Iridium commercial satellite, launched in 1997, and a Russian satellite, Cosmos 2251, which was launched in 1993 and believed to be non-functioning.The Iridium satellite... Read More
GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite Goes Online

GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite Goes Online

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Google-sponsored GeoEye-1 satellite, which was launched on September 6, has begun capturing image data from its orbit 423 miles above Earth. The satellite had been undergoing calibration and check out since launch, but transmitted its first, full color half-meter ground resolution... Read More
Toshiba Satellite X305-S6845 Notebook

Toshiba Satellite X305-S6845 Notebook

Long gone are the days when the primary differentiating factors between competing laptops models were just battery life and weight.  Don't be mistaken--battery life and weight are still important; but with so many folks now using a laptop as their only computer, laptop manufacturers have stepped up their efforts on... Read More
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Notebook

Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Notebook

Long gone are the days when the primary differentiating factors between competing laptops models were just battery life and weight. Don't be mistaken---battery life and weight are still important; but with so many folks now using a laptop as their only computer, laptop manufacturers have stepped up their efforts on the... Read More
Facial Recognition Now on Toshiba Satellites

Facial Recognition Now on Toshiba Satellites

If Toshiba has its way, fingerprint authentication is about to become passé. Toshiba Satellite laptops with Toshiba's "Fusion finish" (the Satellite U400, M300, A300, and P300 models) will all come standard with "Toshiba Face Recognition" software. Instead of logging in with a traditional typed password, Satellite users... Read More
Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI4 Gaming Notebook

Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI4 Gaming Notebook

Just in case you're the type who like to jump right down to the news, we’re writing to let you all know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, performance, and overall value of Toshiba’s new Satellite X205-SLI4 gaming notebook.  The Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI4 is... Read More
Toshiba Satellite X205 SLI4 Gaming Notebook

Toshiba Satellite X205 SLI4 Gaming Notebook

Mobile computing has come a long way in the last few years.  Notebook manufacturers have been squeezing more power and features into ever more portable packages.  As technologies have continued to be refined, shrinking in size and power requirements, manufacturers have been able to expand their creative ideas,... Read More
Toshiba Enhances Satellite X205-SLI with Penryn

Toshiba Enhances Satellite X205-SLI with Penryn

Toshiba Enhances Satellite X205-SLi Gaming Notebooks with New Intel 45nm Processors for Greater Performance IRVINE, Calif., (Feb. 5, 2008) — Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the latest enhancements to the company’s flagship gaming notebook... Read More
Toshiba Adds HD DVD to 'Satellite' Line

Toshiba Adds HD DVD to 'Satellite' Line

On Monday Toshiba made good on a promise it made earlier this year to add HD-DVD drives to its more popular systems, by adding HD-DVD drives to a Satellite laptop.  Previously only the Qosmio AV notebook had an HD-DVD drive. The Satellite A205 equipped with HD DVD carries with it a retail price of $1,149.99 USD, approximately... Read More
New satellite to sharpen Google Earth

New satellite to sharpen Google Earth

Google Earth is already "sharp" enough.  So sharp that insurgents in Iraq have used it to pinpoint troop positions, and so sharp that some countries want Google to restrict the images that it publishes of their land.  A new satellite will be launched Tuesday that will produce even sharper images.DigitalGlobe, provider of... Read More
MSI P4N, Satellite Radio and More

MSI P4N, Satellite Radio and More

ATI Radeon Xpress Platform Technology Included in HP Commercial Desktop PCs MARKHAM, ON – April 27, 2005 – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT), today announced that Radeon Xpress™ 200 will be the chipset platform technology for the HP dx5150, HP's latest AMD Athlon™ 64 processor-based commercial... Read More
Gigabyte 3D1, Satellite radio battle, and more!

Gigabyte 3D1, Satellite radio battle, and more!

Good evening everyone. Following Jeff's lead in bringing you something different, there's a review of Sirius Satellite Radio Vs XM Satellite Radio. Other items for your reading pleasure include the Enermax CS-718B Maxflow Case, Gigabyte 3D1, and Edirol FA-101FireWire Audio Interface. Read on, and enjoy! Edirol FA-101FireWire... Read More