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  • Toshiba ready for 2008 in a solid state

    Japanese memory chip manufacturer Toshiba announced yesterday that it will be showcasing a 128 GB NAND-flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.

  • HP ultra-cautious on ultra-mobiles

    Hewlett-Packard will not rush to embrace the new Ultra Mobile platform which Intel unveiled last month, a senior company executive told ZDNet Australia. Also, the company's confusing mix of product names and model numbers will be streamlined into three core groupings.

  • Toshiba delays commercial fuel cell

    Toshiba has demonstrated the latest version of its fuel cell designed to power portable electronic devices, but problems with the new technology mean that production could be two years away.

  • Toshiba burns DVDs on the run

    Toshiba's new DVD burner is designed to turn notebook PCs into portable multimedia studios.

  • Alcohol-powered computing unlikely before 2008

    Road warriors looking for longer life from their notebook PCs have another three years to wait before methanol pumps, the successor to current lithium polymer batteries, become commercially available, notebook giant Toshiba's head technology strategist said yesterday.

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  • Toshiba delays 1.8-inch hard drives

    Toshiba will be releasing its 30GB and 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives later than expected.

  • A new handshake for mini hard drives?

    Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and others propose CE-ATA, a new interface for miniature hard drives used in consumer electronics.

  • Don't carry that weight: 7 ultralight notebooks tested

    If you're out on the road a lot, you want a notebook that won't give you a sore shoulder at the end of the day, but you may not want to give up all the features of a full-sized notebook. Can you have both?

  • What's in store for 2003

    Broadband, wireless, the increasing prevalence of voice technologies, Web services .Net and Java based platforms - 2003 is already shaping up to be an interesting year.

  • Red hot laptops

    If you're going to have to lug it around, you might as well get a laptop that will make business colleagues green with envy.

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  • Toshiba Libretto U100

    This tiny 1kg notebook may be too small for many people to use effectively, but it's a triumph of design and engineering. The only hefty thing about it is the price tag.

  • Toshiba Portege R200

    Though it's a tad expensive, the Toshiba Portege R200 is a well-designed ultraportable with enough speed and battery life for business travellers.

  • Porsche of portables

    Housing all the power and functionality of larger laptops in a sleek chassis just 20 mm thick and weighing just under 1.6kgs, the Toshiba Portege is an example of why its becoming harder to draw demarcation lines between notebooks and sub-notebooks. That's also the reason why we loved it.

  • DVD anywhere with SD-P1000

    No other portable DVD player produces as awesome a picture as does the Toshiba SD-P1000. Comparing any other portable DVD's image with that of the SD-P1000 is like comparing an inkjet photocopy of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" to the real thing.

  • Satelllite 5000 closely orbits perfection

    With looks reminiscent of a race-modified Japanese street-car, the Toshiba Satellite 5000 has the specifications to match its mean looks.

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