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Toshiba's new Kirabook touts 13.3" 2560x1440 screen, premium design
- Toshiba has announced a new premium notebook family whose sole member may be the only high-end ultrabook to offer a 2560x1440 display. Named "Kirabook," the system is Toshiba's first to ship with an ultra-high resolution PixelPure screen, which is protected…
Microsoft reduces prices on multiple Windows 8 tablets and hybrids
- If you’re in the market for a Windows 8 tablet or hybrid, now may be as good of time as any to pull the trigger. That’s because Microsoft recently slashed prices on a number of systems in the Microsoft Store.…
Smarter design cuts existing SRAM power consumption by 27-85%
- Industry giant Toshiba announced the development of a technology which promises a substantial cut in embedded SRAM power consumption. Ideal applications include smartphones, tablets and mp3 players -- essentially any portable device with a reliance on high-performance system memory, where…
Toshiba creating Lytro-like camera for smartphones and tablets
- Toshiba is developing a new camera for mobile devices that will allow users to adjust the focus of shots after they're taken. The new module measures about a centimeter per side and carries an array of half a million lenses…
Qualcomm becomes world's third largest semiconductor supplier
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It's been a rough year for the semiconductor industry according to iSuppli, with 59 of the 157 leading suppliers expected to see revenue declines. Overall, chip revenue is projected to fall by 2.3% (over $7 billion) in 2012 as double-digit drops plague seven of the top 20 outfits...
Six television / CRT monitor makers fined $1.9 billion for EU price fixing
- A group of six electronics makers have collectively been hit with a massive antitrust penalty to the tune of 1.47 billion euros ($1.92 billion), the largest penalty in history in the region. The European Commission claims that representatives from LG…
Toshiba announces 4TB self-encrypting enterprise hard drives
- Following up on Western Digital's recent announcement, Toshiba has unveiled its own high-capacity MG series hard drives. To start, the company will offer four drives with a top capacity of 4TB, including two SATA variants, the MG03ACA400 and MG03ACA400Y, as…
Thailand flood still inflating hard drive prices after one year
- The Tech Report has taken a detailed look at hard drive prices, revisiting them more than one year after the devastating Thailand floods which stifled mechanical drive production. What their analysis uncovers is likely what storage consumers had been fearing: the vast…
Tuesday tech deals: 40" Toshiba HDTV for $375 (no rebates)
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BuyDig offers the Toshiba 40" 1080p LCD HDTV, model no. 40E220U, for $389.99. Coupon code "BGSaveACool15" cuts it to $374.99. With free shipping, that's $10 under a June sale and the lowest total price we've seen for this TV without rebate hassles. It's also a current price low by $48...
Three LCD makers settle price-fixing class-action suit for $543.5 million
- AU Optronics (AUO), LG Display and Toshiba have finally settled for $543.5 million bringing an end to the six-year long multi-state led class-action lawsuit in which all three companies stood accused of operating an LCD panel price-fixing ring.
SandForce demos SSDs running next generation NAND flash
- Last week Toshiba announced the world’s first solid state drives to use 19nm MLC NAND flash, the THNSNF series. Toshiba’s press release detailed multiple features and specifications, save for which controller was used. Fortunately the 19nm Toggle MLC NAND flash…
Toshiba refreshes its Portege ultrabook, unveils ultra-wide-screen U845W
- Toshiba refreshed its sole ultrabook offering today while also introducing a couple of new models, one of them sporting a rather unconventional 21:9 aspect ratio. The Satellite U845W is targeted at movie enthusiasts who enjoy watching films in their original…
Toshiba announces world's first 19nm MLC NAND flash SSDs
- Toshiba today announced a new solid-state drive series called THNSNF that’s said to be the first built using 19nm NAND flash memory. The drive lineup comprises as many as eleven different models, spread across 9.5mm and 7.0mm height 2.5-inch variants in…
Tuesday tech deals: 40" TV $380 + deals on Blu-ray player and movies
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TigerDirect offers the Toshiba 40" 1080p HDTV for $449.99. This $70 mail-in rebate cuts it to $379.99. With free shipping, that's $9 under a deal from April and the lowest total price we could find by $39. It's also tied as the best shipped price we've ever seen for a Toshiba 40" HDTV...
PC industry grows about 2%, beats Gartner, IDC expectations
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Following a 6% decline during the holidays, the PC industry snapped back to growth in the first quarter of 2012 according to Gartner and IDC. The former outfit pegged worldwide shipments at 89 million units for a 1.9% increase year-over-year, while the latter reported a 2.3% bump...
Toshiba announces Excite 7.7, 10, 13 tablets with Tegra 3, ICS
- Aiming to cover all the bases, Toshiba has announced a fresh batch of Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich tablets spanning three different sizes: 7.7, 10.1 and 13.3 inches. Besides a handful of form factor-specific features, the devices share a core…
Western Digital to swap certain HDD assets with Toshiba, moves closer to Hitachi GST merger
- Western Digital announced today that it has reached an agreement with Toshiba Corporation to divest certain hard drive manufacturing assets in order to meet the requirements of regulatory agencies reviewing the company's pending acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. As…
SanDisk 19nm 128Gb flash memory chip is world's smallest
- SanDisk has announced the world’s smallest 128Gb (16GB) NAND flash memory chip built using a 19nm process, knocking another nanometer off of the world’s current smallest flash memory chip, Micron’s impressive 20nm 128Gb version that was announced in December. …
TechSpot CES 2012 in Pictures: Part 2
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As a follow-up to last week's CES special feature and coverage, here are more of the products we observed and played with, along with photos taken during our journey to the event. As you've surely noticed, mobile tech consumed the event with seemingly every major company unveiling smartphones, tablets or ultrabooks. Nonetheless, we managed to lay hands on plenty of awesome PC hardware from the likes of Samsung, Silverstone, MSI, Razer, Roccat, Toshiba, Gigabyte and more...
US PC shipments fall over 6% during holidays, Apple grew 18%
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US PC makers have witnessed the worst holiday quarter in a decade, according to IDC. The researcher recorded a 5.31% decline in worldwide shipments from the end of 2010, while US-specific shipments fell 6.71% in the same period. Overall, the global industry...
Toshiba announces Excite X10 tablet, arriving mid-Q1 2012
- Remember that sleek AT200 tablet Toshiba announced at last year's IFA conference in Berlin but never actually made it to market? Well, the company is kicking off its CES announcements today by re-announcing the 10.1-inch tablet while giving it an…
Western Digital cleared to buy Hitachi GST, with conditions
- Western Digital has been cleared by the European Commission to acquire Hitachi's hard drive business in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. The deal, announced roughly eight months ago, should leave Western Digital with about 50%…
Building the perfect ultrabook – and where PC makers are wrong
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Editorial It appears as though we're just now arriving to that sweet spot where fewer compromises can be made to build fast and svelte machines that are budget-friendly, all at the same time. However, it's easy to miss what a true next-generation ultraportable notebook should be.
Manufacturers are short-sighted if they only focus on building fast machines that weigh 3 pounds or less, without putting design and user experience at the core of their future developments. Here are some key aspects where I believe PC makers should focus and where some are already failing on their first try to deliver a killer ultrabook.
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