Toshiba announces color e-reader in Japan, hopes people buy more e-books from its store

Jan 27, 2012 No Comments

If you’re gonna be late to a party, you should at least be fashionably late. That’s the mindset behind Toshiba’s entry into the dedicated e-reader space with its new 7-inch BookPlace DB50. Toshiba hopes adding an e-reader alongside its existing AT200 and Thrive tablets will push more eyeballs towards the 100,000 or so titles in [...]

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Judge forces defendant to decrypt laptop, fuels debate over Fifth Amendment rights

Jan 24, 2012 No Comments

A judge in Colorado yesterday ordered a defendant to decrypt her laptop’s hard drive at the prosecution’s request, adding new fire to the ongoing debate surrounding consumer technology and the Fifth Amendment… Tweet This Post

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CES Unveils 8 New Tablets: Which Will You Choose?

Jan 17, 2012 No Comments

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. The tablet market continues to expand this year, and many new versions were introduced at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week… Tweet This Post

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CES 2012: HDTV and connected devices round-up

Jan 16, 2012 No Comments

The Consumer Electronics Show is always a big deal for HDTVs and the devices that plug into them, and the 2012 edition was no different. With the majority of households already owning an HDTV, manufacturers are pressed to convince you to upgrade, and are pulling out all the stops… Tweet This Post

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CES 2012: interview roundup (video)

Jan 16, 2012 No Comments

The Engadget stage was home to many an interview at this year’s CES. Many, many interviews. Given the deluge of guests we hosted in Las Vegas this year, you could be forgiven for not keeping up — for throwing up your hands in exasperation and making a sandwich to heal the hurt… Tweet This Post

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Toshiba Portege M930 prototype hands-on (video)

Jan 13, 2012 No Comments

And the hybrid devices keep on coming. Sitting high on a shelf in Microsoft’s booth, hidden among the earthly clamshell laptops, is the Toshiba Portege M930, a prototype whose 13-inch screen slides down to completely cover the keyboard… Tweet This Post

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Toshiba FlashAir wireless LAN SD card hands-on (video)

Jan 11, 2012 No Comments

The first card using the SD association’s Wireless LAN standard is Toshiba’s FlashAir and we’ve just spent some time with it here at CES. It’s much like existing Eye-Fis insofar that it also crams WiFi into a diminutive SD card, but instead of merely being able to join a network, the FlashAir creates its own [...]

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Toshiba Camileo Air10 hands-on revisited: with sample video

Jan 10, 2012 No Comments

We’ve already gotten our hands on Toshiba’s Camileo Air10, but there was one crucial ingredient missing from our initial impressions — an actual glimpse at how clips recorded with the device turned out… Tweet This Post

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Audyssey makes equalization easier with Tuning System, sneaks inside of Toshiba TVs

Jan 10, 2012 No Comments

Audyssey, a company usually preoccupied with something related to audio, is announcing two snippets of news here at the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show. First off, the outfit’s unveiling its Audyssey Tuning System (ATS), which is said to “dramatically reduce the time and cost associated with the EQ process… Tweet This Post

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Toshiba trots out TransMemory-EX USB 3.0-compliant flash memory

Jan 09, 2012 No Comments

It seems like just yesterday that Tosh outed its original TransMemory lineup… ah, who are we kidding? 2007 was about a century ago. Flashbacks aside, Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) has announced that it’ll be demonstrating the new TransMemory-EX series of USB flash memory products here at CES… Tweet This Post

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Toshiba’s dynadock U3.0 universal docking station and 15.6-inch Mobile LED Monitor make multi-taskers’ lives less messy

Jan 09, 2012 No Comments

Let’s face it: if you’re reading this site, you’re probably armed to the teeth with gadgetry. And with that arsenal of tech comes the need to plug it all in somewhere — inevitably leading to a massively cluttered work station… Tweet This Post

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Hands-on Toshiba’s 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV

Jan 08, 2012 No Comments

You remember that Toshiba glassess free 4K 3DTV we told you about? Well, we got a chance to catch up with it at a Toshiba CES event and we’re happy to say it doesn’t suck. Not only is the 4k mode down right breathtaking, but the autostereoscopic 3D technology has come a long, long way [...]

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