Tag: TOSHIBA

Imagine this -- you, sitting in a dingy airport terminal waiting on your flight with a lifeless laptop and just 10 minutes to spare. You've got oodles of spreadsheet work to do before 8:00AM tomorrow, and unless you get it done on this flight, you're fubared. Toshiba is looking to make said scenario seem like one that's not so grim, as its prototype SCIB (Super Charge Ion Battery) purportedly ...

Toshiba continues to tease us with its prototype liquid fuel cell-powered gadgets: last year it was a Gigabeat media player, and at this year's CEATEC you can check out a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that's been crammed inside a cell phone, lending it a robust six hours of talk time (compared to the paltry three or four hours of a traditional battery). Toshiba won't reveal the capacity of the ...

Here's another mouth-watering concept on display at CEATEC today: Toshiba's Media Server -- not to be confused with some kind of nefarious explosive device from an early episode of Doctor Who. It uses NFC to download files from your cell phone, which in turn can be displayed on a TV via WirelessHD. But best of all, it's shiny and looks nothing like some of the mundane media servers we've seen in ...

Schwinn has been pretty big on electric bicycles for some time now, but it seems to be particularly excited about its new Tailwind bike, which it says "sets a new standard for the electric bike industry." That boasting is apparently due in large part to the bike's use of Toshiba's newfangled Super Charge ion Battery (or SCiB), which has a promised 30-minute recharge time, or about an eighth of ...

We fear a robot takeover. That said, this new robot from Toshiba, named ApriPoko, is so darned cute, how could we not want one in our very own home theater? Its special purpose is the ability to memorize infrared signals from your remote control and assign each command to a certain action – like turning on your television or changing the channel – based on what you SAY to the ...

It's official. After plenty of rumors and speculation Toshiba itself has indeed confirmed that it will cease production of HD DVD players and recorders sometime next month. That means the high-definition format war is over and Sony, having lost so many of these battles in the past (Betamax, MiniDisc, UMD, etc. etc.), has finally got winner on its hands. Or does it? Having offed HD-DVD on the ...

The chips are down for Toshiba and its HD-DVD format, the competitor to Sony's Blu-ray that has been on the receiving end of some serious knocks lately. Netflix said it's dropping the format, and Best Buy indicated it's beginning the process of doing the same. Blu-ray player sales are way up and things are looking so bad that Toshiba's response to all this sounds half-hearted at best. No ...

Of course you want to watch the Super Bowl in HDTV. Who doesn't? It seems the lead up to the big game is the second biggest driver of high-definition LCD TV sales for Amazon.com, according to the e-tailer's latest numbers. (The biggest driver is, of course, holiday season gift giving.) So which TV leads the pack? The mantle this time goes to Samsung and its $2,199 52-inch 1080p LNT5265F ...

Rocky always refused to go down, even if his face got beaten into Hamburger Helper. Despite looking like Rocky sans the steadfastly loyal fan base, the folks behind HD-DVD are trying to get that cinematic comeback-when-the-chips-are-down win... or at least some sort of moral victory. Wired reports that Toshiba, one of the companies that's backing HD-DVD, has paid $2.7 million for a 30-second ...

Now that everyone has declared BluRay the winner in the high-def war, what with Warner's announcement and Sony finally allowing adult films to be published on the format, I think it's important to take a look at HD-DVD's long walk back to the locker room after a game well-played. It would be a mistake to say that HD-DVD will cease to exist tomorrow. In fact, expect to see just the opposite of ...

A year ago, who'd have thunk that America would have gone gaga for the motion-sensitive, hand-gesture-and-remote based controls of the Nintendo Wii. It seemed like an out-there way to maneuver and control your way around the game console's interface and gameplay. And yet, one year later, the Nintendo Wii is the best-selling next-gen console. So it's no surprise that motion-sensitive, gesture ...

Amazon.com is sweetening the pot for anyone who's been thinking about purchasing a high-def disc player. Unfortunately, it hasn't made the decision over which format to go with any easier. As we all know, Sony's Blu-ray format is locked in a knock-down drag- out war with Toshiba's competing HD DVD format, with every week that passes bringing news of one format gaining a lead on the other. In an ...

Well it seems that Sony just can't catch a break with its batteries. Actually, It seems like we the consumer just can't catch a break with batteries in general. Whether they're exploding in our pockets, bursting into flames, or just costing us a whole lot to replace. Toshiba is the latest victim of Sony's massive battery recall, which has resulted in the recall of some 9.6 million batteries ...

The HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray wars keep heating up, and with no chance of a clear winner emerging anytime soon. The HD DVD camp has extended its 'Perfect Offer' until September 30th, the same end date as the Blu-Ray free disc offer. Meanwhile, yesterday LG, which makes hybrid players that can handle both formats, is offering a platform agnostic deal: Anyone who purchases the new LG Super Multi Blu ...