Intel, Samsung, Toshiba Team For 10nm Chips By Marcus Yam published 3 November 10 These three big guns are working on tiny chips.
Analysis: The Impact Of Shifting From 512 Byte To 4 KB Sectors By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 27 October 10 Slowly but surely, hard drives with 4 KB sectors are replacing the "legacy" 512 byte sector size. By January 2011, all drive vendors will have made this transition. Buyers of new PCs are safe, but there are still a few performance pitfalls to note.
Business Storage: A Look At The 3.5" To 2.5" Transition By Patrick Schmid published 23 October 10 There is more than one way to skin a cat. Several hard drive vendors have created transitional products to simplify the transition from 3.5" disks to more compact 2.5" devices in SMB-class servers. We cover three different options you can use.
Toshiba Recalls 41,000 Laptops Over Overheating By Jane McEntegart published 4 September 10 Toshiba has recalled 41,000 laptops sold between August 2009 and August 2010 because the units in question represent a burn hazard to users.
Toshiba Making 24nm Flash -- 8GB on Single Chip By Marcus Yam published 2 September 10 Small memory for big capacity.
Leak Reveals Toshiba Tegra 2, Android 2.2 Tablet By Jane McEntegart published 31 August 10 Details of Toshiba's tablet offering have been leaked, revealing an Android tablet running Tegra 2.
Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech By Marcus Yam published 23 August 10 Nearly five times over what we have now.
Deals for August 11: Toshiba Blu-ray Player $80 By Marcus Yam published 12 August 10 Need an unlocked Symbian phone? N72 unlocked, for fairly cheap.
Toshiba Reveals Self-Wipe HDDs, Hide Your Vids! By Kevin Parrish published 10 August 10 Toshiba is adding Wipe Technology to its Self-Encrypting Drive HDDs.
Enterprise Storage: Two 2.5" 600 GB Hard Drives Tested By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 30 July 10 The latest 2.5” hard drive generation ships with SAS 6Gb/s and delivers up to 600 GB of storage space, narrowing the gap with much larger 3.5" disks. Today we're comparing the latest 2.5" drives from Seagate and Toshiba to see if they're faster, too.
Toshiba Releases 2.5'' HDD with 7,200 RPM By Kevin Parrish published 27 July 10 Toshiba is launching three new 2.5-inch HDDs spinning at 7,200 RPM.
HP and Dell Still Dominating U.S. PC Sales By Jane McEntegart published 16 July 10 IDC has just released sales statistics for computer purchases in the U.S. and, as far as the top few players go, nothing much has changed.
Ballmer Promises Windows 7 Slates By Kevin Parrish published 12 July 10 Finally... Windows 7 tablet will hit the market just in time for the holidays.
Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models Reviewed By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 1 July 10 Remember when 500GB was the most you could get from a notebook drive? It seems like most vendors have made the transition to 640GB. Western Digital even has its own 750GB model that fits within the 9.5 mm z-height. So, which of these drives is the best?
Deals for June 21: Dell 20'' LCD for $90.98 By Marcus Yam published 21 June 10 Get a triple monitor setup for less than $300!
Toshiba Launches Dual-Screen Concept PC By Kevin Parrish published 21 June 10 Toshiba is launching a limited edition, dual-screen concept PC in celebration of its 25-year anniversary in the notebook market.
Analysis: Which Enterprise Capacity Point Performs Best? By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 21 June 10 SSDs are best for performance. SATA hard drives provide maximum capacity. Enterprise-class SAS disks are the workhorses positioned between them. But which enterprise hard drive capacity makes sense when there are several from which to choose?
Deals for June 18: Big HDTVs for Under $1,000 By Marcus Yam published 18 June 10 Check out the freebies at the bottom for free eats!
Toshiba Launches Its First 3D Notebook in the US By Jane McEntegart published 16 June 10 Toshiba gave its Satellite line a bit of a makeover today and while the finer details of the refresh may have been lost in the whirlwind of E3 news, one model made a big splash: the A665.