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Toshiba: Microsoft confused PC buyers with Windows 8 and RT

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:08:27 +0100

A Toshiba executive said today in an interview Microsoft confused PC users by launching both Windows 8 and Windows RT, and added that prices for Windows 8 notebooks were too high. Read more...

Toshiba's Windows 8 KIRAbook packs a 2560 x 1440 display

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:09:11 +0100

Toshiba has announced a new Windows 8 ultrabook called the KIRAbook, which packs an impressive 13.3-inch 2560 x 1440 display and Intel ULV chips into a thin, light but expensive body Read more...

Toshiba shows off upcoming Windows 8-based Portege Z10 hybrid

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:15:22 +0100

Toshiba has revealed it will be launching a new Windows 8-based tablet-notebook hybrid product, the Portege Z10, that has a detachable keyboard for its 10-inch tablet. Read more...

Microsoft showcases upcoming Windows 8 PCs in new video

John Callaham — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:46:56 +0000

Microsoft has released a new video to show some of the new Windows 8 notebooks, tablets and all-in-one PCs that are being announced by third party OEM makers at CES 2013. Read more...

Toshiba announces Satellite U845t budget touchscreen Ultrabook

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:30:25 +0000

Another Windows 8 laptop has been announced before the show has even kicked off, and this time it's the $800 Toshiba Satellite U845t budget Ultrabook packing decent specs for the price Read more...

Report: Microsoft kept tight control over Windows RT devices

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:46:02 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft was highly involved in the designs of the Windows RT tablets that were made by PC makers, even as it made its own Surface tablet. Read more...

Philips, LG, Samsung, others slapped with $1.92 billion in fines by EU

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:59:04 +0000

After investigation the EU has imposed a record breaking fine on 5 electronics companies including Philips, LG and Samsung that worked together to fix prices and share TV and computer monitor markets. Read more...

PC makers defend their Windows 8 sales numbers

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:45:30 +0000

PC makers Dell, Sony and Toshiba defend their inital sales of Windows 8 PC devices, saying they are about what they expected, and that growth will continue in 2013. Read more...

Toshiba Windows 8 PCs get their own "Desktop Assist Program"

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:07:24 +0100

Toshiba announced it is taking pre-orders for its Windows 8 PCs, which will include a program, Toshiba Desktop Assist, that it says will be "similar to the Start Menu in previous versions of Windows." Read more...

More Windows 8 laptops from Toshiba announced

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:57:19 +0100

Toshiba has announced a number of new notebooks, the Satellite U945, S955 and P845t that will have Windows 8 pre-installed when they are released on October 26th. Read more...

Toshiba reveals Windows 8-based Satellite U925t hybrid

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:56:18 +0100

Toshiba has officially revealed plans to launch the Windows 8-based Satellite U925t notebook-tablet hybrid, with a sliding keyboard. Pricing has yet to be announced. Read more...

Toshiba won't have a Windows RT tablet for launch

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:36:51 +0100

Toshiba won't have a Windows RT-based tablet ready for the operating system's launch later this fall, claiming that its delay was due to the lack of available components. Read more...

Toshiba Windows RT tablet shown in new video

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:04:24 +0100

A new video has been posted on the Internet that shows a Toshiba prototype tablet running with Microsoft's Windows RT and based on a ARM processor from Texas Instruments. Read more...

Toshiba reveals some Windows 8 concept products

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:45:29 +0100

Toshiba is showing off some concept designs for products that would be running on Windows 8, including a tablet with a detachable keyboard and one with a sliding keyboard. Read more...

More rumors of Windows 8 tablets and notebooks reported

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +0100

A new report, citing unnamed sources, claims that Acer, Asus and Toshiba all plan to show off upcoming Windows 8-based notebooks and tablets at Computex next week. Read more...

Toshiba abandons netbook market in US

John Callaham — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:53:28 +0100

A new report claims that Toshiba will no longer be selling any more of its low cost netbooks here in the US as it concentrates on making light but more expensive Ultrabook products. Read more...

32 Windows 8 tablets by end of 2012?

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:56:34 +0100

A report claims that as many as 32 tablets running Windows 8 may be released before the end of 2012, covering a broad range of price points, with some even going on sale for under $300. Read more...

A 13-inch tablet from Toshiba? Yep.

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:01:45 +0100

Toshiba has announced plans to release the Excite 13 tablet, a 13-inch product that will run Android 4.0. The tablet, which the company claims is made for home use, is due out June 10th for $649. Read more...

Toshiba hails the first 25 years of Flash memory

Alfonso Maruccia — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:05:22 +0100

The Japanese company remarks the anniversary of NAND Flash memory, a storage medium invented by its researchers 25 years ago. Flash enabled the contemporary mobility of contents, the company says. Read more...

Toshiba unveils world's thinnest 10-inch tablet [Update]

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:21:19 +0000

Toshiba's Excite X10 - its new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet - is both thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Could this finally be the device to dethrone the iPad as king of the tablets? Read more...