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  • Toshiba to launch no-glasses 3D TV this year in Japan

    Toshiba is readying two 3D televisions that can produce images with the illusion of depth but don't require the user to wear glasses, it said Monday. It will launch the televisions in Japan in December. By dispensing with glasses, the TVs answer a key complaint of would-be buyers -- but they won't come cheap.

    Written by Martyn Williams04 Oct. 10 18:31
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab: The tablet comes of age

    After some 15 years of half-hearted efforts, misguided designs, and broken promises, the age of the tablet is dawning at last.

    Written by Robert Strohmeyer17 Sept. 10 07:58
  • Toshiba recall signals larger trend for hot laptops

    Toshiba is the latest laptop vendor to fall victim to overheating technology. The recall of approximately 41,000 laptops resulting from more than 100 reports of melting laptop cases and minor injuries follows similar issues and recalls from other laptop manufacturers, and illustrates the problem with cramming so much processing power into such a small space.

    Written by Tony Bradley04 Sept. 10 05:14
  • Has Microsoft Blown the Timing on Tablet PCs?

    When CEO Steve Ballmer gave a quick peek at an HP Slate running Windows 7 at CES in January, Microsoft seemed prepared for battle against the iPad, which, at the time, had not even been announced yet.

    Written by Shane O'Neill27 Aug. 10 03:17
  • Canon signals end of the road for SED TV dreams

    Canon decided on Tuesday to liquidate a subsidiary developing a flat-panel display technology called SED, effectively bringing to an end once high hopes that the screens would replace LCD panels and plasma displays in living room TVs.

    Written by Martyn Williams19 Aug. 10 15:12
  • Toshiba claims hard-drive breakthrough

    Toshiba will detail a breakthrough in data storage later Wednesday that it says paves the way for hard drives with vastly higher capacity than today.

    Written by Martyn Williams18 Aug. 10 13:00
  • Windows 7 tablets: Just say no, Microsoft

    Microsoft is busy at work on a new tablet computer design, a product that may arrive from one or more of its hardware partners in "not a heck of a long time," CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday.

    Written by Jeff Bertolucci01 Aug. 10 07:02
  • Toshiba, SanDisk look to boost flash production

    Toshiba Corp. announced today that it has started construction on a new NAND flash chip fabrication facility - dubbed Fab 5 -- at its Yokkaichi City Operations in Japan. The facility, a joing venture with long-time business partner SanDisk Corp., will turn out about 210,000 NAND wafers a month when it becomes fully operational.

    Written by Lucas Mearian15 July 10 05:36
  • Toshiba parties with lighter laptop and Android smartbook

    Toshiba has spent the last 25 years refining the basic laptop design of flat screen, x86 processor, full-size keyboard and removable storage. Its Portege R700 will continue that tradition when it goes on sale next quarter, but two other new portable computers Toshiba will release around the same time take the company in new directions.

    Written by Peter Sayer22 June 10 05:36
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