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more about #toshiba more comments → brianmi40: I want to know what makes low air pressure and cold temps break apart balsa wood... I was trying to imagine moisture content in the wood, but couldn'... more » Phaper: That's nice and all but, I wanted to see the footage of the chair falling back to earth! It had me on the edge of my seat! #toshibaspacechair more » andrewjp33: Did they really need to play that beeping noise every 5 seconds?! I would hope that the visuals grab your attention. #toshibaspacechair more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Wow, something on this page is causing 50% cpu utilization non-stop as soon as it loads. If I close it, all is good. But starting this particular pa... more » tineras: That last shot seems to have exagerated curvature. #toshibaspacechair more » trs: Omg my six year old son was on that chair when it took off! #toshibaspacechair more » WWSJD: ...... so wait they spent nearly 4 grand for a chair made out of "biodegradable" balsa wood..... Last time i checked all wood was biodegradable and ... more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: So it cost like $3,000 to make a chair to destroy? I'm just trying to figure out what they would say to someone who may have been hit by this: My hu... more » Serolf Divad: 4lbs, including the3 camera? Wow... that's almost the most impressive part of this. I wonder how much time ti would take a person to make the same fa... more » Protector one: This post needs a #stowage tag. #toshibamkxx33gsg more » GustavoSM: Looks just like a battery. What's that thing they put on its side for size comparison? #toshibamkxx33gsg more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: This would be nice for my 5th gen iPod if only it was a PATA drive. Toshiba does has a 240GB drive for it though.. [www.rapidrepair.com] #toshibamkx... more » joule79: I want toshiba batteries... they look HUGE. #toshibamkxx33gsg more » WhatMan: Typo: The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive The World's Littlest 320GB Hard Drive? #toshibamkxx33gsg more » vercordio: And already out of date. It's kind of undeniably sad when a company spends what was probably a tidy sum on a product that will be DOA. #toshibamkxx33gsg more » -
#space
Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial
The latest object to shoot high-def video from the edge of space is…an arm chair. To promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs (LED backlight, local dimming), Toshiba trekked into the Black Rock Desert with a helium balloon. Watch the result: More » -
#storage
The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
Toshiba has just squeezed 320GB of storage into their 1.8-inch 5400RPM line of SATA drives. (That's enough to double the storage of the iPod Classic.) Available this December for an undisclosed price. [Toshiba via I4U] -
#fuelcells
The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
As mentioned last week, Toshiba's first batch of 3,000 direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) chargers—the first from a major manufacturer—hit Japan on Thursday. The IDG News Service has been testing one, and here are their first impressions: More » -
#fuelcell
Toshiba's Dynario Hybrid Fuel Cell/Li-ion Finally Makes 3,000 Unit Japanese First Run
The Dynario fuel cell charger from Toshiba will launch in Japan on Oct 29, bringing with it direct methane fuel cell injection that lets you charge two cellphones simultaneously. More » -
#acer
Acer Leapfrogs Dell to Number 2 Globally, But Dell and HP Still Rule the U.S.
Acer rightly cops a lot of stick about build-quality, but as predicted, they've passed Dell to second spot in worldwide sales. Separate research from Gartner and IDC also ranks Acer third in the U.S, ahead of Apple in fourth place. More » -
#laptops
Toshiba U505 and M505 Touchscreened in Time For Win 7
Toshiba's upgraded their U505 and M505 notebooks with touchscreens in time for Windows 7. They'll go for about $1000, to start with. The rest of their "new laptops" seem old. More » -
#hometheater
The Cell Regza (PS3 TV) Sorts Shows by Similarity
The Cell Regza is Toshiba's upcoming uberTV containing the Cell processor (you know from the PS3). After recording 8 shows at once, you'll have a lot of content to watch. But it won't be listed like TV Guide. More » -
#toshiba
Toshiba's Stylish Next-Gen Smartphones Could Arrive This Year
Back in April, some pretty interesting renders of Toshiba's upcoming mobile product line leaked out, and now seemingly near production-ready versions of the slick-looking WinMo 6.5 devices are on show at CEATEC (Japan's version of CES). Take a look: More » -
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#fuelcells
Video: Toshiba's Latest Fuel Cell Prototype Gadgets Charge in Seconds
At Japan's CEATEC show, Toshiba and KDDI are demonstrating a modified Toshiba T002 phone that's powered by a direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and Li-Ion battery. More advanced than previous prototypes, it runs for 320 hours on a squirt of methanol. More » -
#hdtvs
Toshiba's Cell-Powered REGZA 55X1 LCD TV Can Record and Display 8 Channels At Once
Toshiba's first TV with the PS3 Cell processor it helped develop has seriously kick-ass specs. For starters: The 55-incher's LED backlighting divides the 240Hz display into 512 individually controlled areas, and has a dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. More » -
#notebooks
Toshiba Satellite T100 Series: $450 Buys Bigger And Better Than A Netbook
Toshiba's Satellite T100 notebooks aren't netbooks, but they have the prices and battery life to match the small laptops. The $450 11.6-inch T115 and $600 13.3-inch T135 are thin, oh so light, and pack a decent amount of power. More » -
#laptops
Toshiba Qosmio X500 Has Ferrari Looks, Core i7 Speed
This big 18.4-incher with Windows 7 has plenty for gamers to drool over. A Core i7 mobile processor and 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics should crunch out respectable framerates, and the Blu-ray drive and Harmon/Kardon speakers are nice, too. More » -
#imagecache
Local Dimmed LCD vs Normal LCD
In the words of Jerry Seinfeld, "What's the deal with local dimming LCDs?" In the words of one Toshiba rep, "it finally allows us to compete with plasma." More » -
#bluray
Toshiba's Blu-ray Mea Culpa Up Close
This is what anguish looks like. You might notice it looks a lot like a Blu-ray player in Toshiba's case. [Toshiba BDX2000@Giz] More » -
#toshiba
Toshiba's JournE Touch Is An Underpowered Mini Tablet for Your Living Room
Toshiba's got a new take on mobile internet devices, and it is one that sorta kinda makes sense. Its 7-inch JournE Touch is based on Windows CE, has an ARM processor and isn't meant to leave the living room. More » -
#bluray
Toshiba Shacks Up With BDX2000 Blu-ray Following HD DVD's Death
We all knew this day would come. Following the death of his beloved HD DVD, Toshiba couldn't stand the cold bed, the lonely nights and the tables for one. Suppressing tears, he released the BDX2000 Blu-ray player. More » -
#hdtvs
Plasma HDTV Sales Soar, LCD Sales Steady, Sony Loses Ever More Market Share
HDGuru has some notes from the now-concluded second quarter HDTV sales, and they show some interesting movement: With dirt-cheap prices, high end plasmas (42"-50") surged almost 40%, though LCD sales merely held steady. The big loser? Sony. More » -
#notebooks
Walmart's $350 17-Inch Toshiba Satellite Notebook Actually Isn't a Total Piece of Crap
A 17-inch notebook with a $350 MSRP? That's Walmart's Toshiba Satellite L355, which comes with 3GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive. Surprisingly, it's not garbage according to Laptop Mag, offering better specs than notebooks that cost $250 more. [Laptop] -
#service
Laptop Mag Determines Acer, Dell and HP Have the Worst Tech Support
Laptop magazine went through the painstaking process of calling the tech support of every major notebook manufacturer. And they timed their waits before asking one of two very basic questions. The results may not surprise you. More »
