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Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Apr 20, 2011
At a recent news conference, Toshiba said it plans to launch its first tablet computer in Japan in June where it will be known as the Regza AT300. An official name for the US launch of this tablet has not been announced, though many reports believe it will be known as the Toshiba Thrive. A...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 13, 2011
Toshiba today announced a new self-encrypting disk technology that promises to nuke your sensitive data should it fall into the wrong hands. It's called "Wipe Technology," a proprietary suite of security functions that add a new layer of protection to data storage and IT equipment. Using...
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Jennifer Johnson - Tue, Apr 12, 2011
Toshiba announced a new range of high-performance business laptops that feature thin, light and highly-durable designs. Under the hood, the new Tecra and Portégé laptops feature 2nd generation Intel Core processors, 7,200 RPM...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Apr 07, 2011
Looking for a little NAND to mix in with your updated rig? Flash storage is becoming easier and easier to find these days, and Toshiba's making it even simpler. The company just announced that their NAND Flash portfolio is expanding with the availability of SmartNAND, a 24nm NAND Flash produce family. That series integrates 24nm process NAND...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 06, 2011
Call it a passing fad, a worthless technology designed to drive up movie theater ticket prices, or the greatest thing to happen to entertainment since the Two and a Half Geeks podcast, but whatever your view on the recent 3D frenzy, we can all agree that the dorky looking glasses need to go...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Mar 25, 2011
The onslaught of mobile monitors has calmed somewhat of late, but there's still a very real market for them and still lots of demand. While Mimo made a name for themselves by creating a stockpile of 7" and 10" USB monitors for those needing just a little more screen real estate on their...
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Ray Willington - Mon, Jan 31, 2011
It's just a notebook, right? Well, not quite. Too many notebooks are too hard to distinguish these days, but Toshiba is doing a great job of making their newest notebook stand out. The Dynabook Qosmio T750 is a very unique machine. The...
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Ray Willington - Mon, Jan 24, 2011
When you generally think about storage, you think about sizes getting bigger and prices getting smaller. But there are always exceptions to the rule. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch hard drives fit that mold. They aren't the biggest, and they...
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Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Jan 06, 2011
Last night at Digital Experience, Toshiba gave us a closer look at the company's upcoming Android-powered tablet. It looks pretty sweet, with it's 10.1-inch widescreen display. We especially liked that this tablet has a built-in SD card reader as well as a mini USB connection and full-size...
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David Altavilla - Thu, Dec 30, 2010
The ultraportable notebook marketplace is hotter than ever before. In years past, buying a sub-14" machine generally meant a couple of things: low power and higher relative price. Today, it's still fair to say that ultraportables are generally less powerful and more expensive than the...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Dec 30, 2010
The ultraportable notebook marketplace is hotter than ever before. In years past, buying a sub-14" machine generally meant a couple of things: low power and high price. Today, it's still fair to say that ultraportables are generally less powerful and more expensive than the standard-sized 15"...
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Ray Willington - Mon, Dec 27, 2010
Tablets and 3D HDTVs have definitely hogged most of the spotlight in the gadget world throughout 2010. But a few other sectors have managed to do very well under dimmer limelight. E-readers and cameras have both had a big year, and with new classes of digital cameras hitting the market, Sony...
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Ray Willington - Wed, Dec 15, 2010
The growth in solid state drive adoption has been impressive, but it's probably not even close to finished. There are still loads of HDDs that need switched over to SSDs (in a perfect, performance-oriented world), and Toshiba is trying to take SSDs to a place where they have rarely been...
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Jennifer Johnson - Sat, Dec 11, 2010
Toshiba was forced to suspend production on its line of NAND flash memory chips at its Yokkaichi factory in Mie prefecture earlier this week due to a power failure. This factory is used solely to produce chips that are used in smartphones and other gadgets. This outage will likely affect the...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 02, 2010
We've said it before and we'll say it again -- the netbook market isn't going anywhere, tablet PCs be damned. In fact, the netbook sector grew by two models today, courtesy of Toshiba, which just released the Mini NB500 and NB520. The more exciting of the bunch is the NB520, which features...
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Ray Willington - Wed, Dec 01, 2010
When you're talking hard drives, a couple of things really matter: size, reliability, and security. When you're in the enterprise, security matters more than most, and Toshiba understands that. The company has just revealed a new self-encrypting drive that's designed to Trusted Computing...
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Jennifer Johnson - Mon, Nov 08, 2010
Toshiba announced the Blade X-gale SSD series of high capacity, high performance solid-state storage drives. These new drives come in capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. They tout a maximum sequential read speed of 220MB/s and a maximum sequential write speed of 180MB/s. The drives...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Nov 04, 2010
Could it be? Another tablet? Of course, it's the year of the tablet! The next in line to pump out their best anti-iPad effort is Toshiba, with the Folio 100 actually being one of the slicker units that we have seen recently. This is another Android-based tablet, presumably to go head-to-head...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 14, 2010
It's official, the iPad is a success. Of course, we already knew that (it kind of helps when you have the market virtually all to yourself), but the iPad may be an even bigger boon to Apple's bottom line than we thought. According to...
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Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Oct 13, 2010
Toshiba introduced two new 4G WiMAX-equipped versions of its Portégé R700 laptop. The Portégé R700 is a 13.3-inch ultraportable laptop with an integrated DVD drive and a starting weight of just three pounds. The Portégé R700 offers business users many...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 04, 2010
It's hard to spit game to your date when you're sporting a pair of dorky looking 3D glasses, unless you happen to look like a dork even without them. But don't despair, if you've bought into the 3D hype and can't wait to bring the extra dimension into your home, glasses-free 3D displays are on...
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Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Toshiba added the Canvio 3.0 portable hard disk drive with a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface to its lineup. These new drives offer transfers at up to 10 times the speed of USB 2.0 drives. The Canvio 3.0 drives will come in storage capacities of 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB. Each of the new drives will...
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