Computers Archive

  • Video: Toshiba’s AC100 Tegra netbook runs on Android 2.1

    Video: Toshiba’s AC100 Tegra netbook runs on Android 2.1

    Hot on the heels of the W100 dual touchscreen tablet, Toshiba also unveiled the AC100 today, a 10.1-inch netbook that runs on Android 2.1. One of the big selling points of the AC100, which is the company's first Android machine, is that it can remain in standby mode for up to seven days (the eight hours of battery life aren't too shabby either).

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  • Libretto W100: Toshiba shows double touchscreen tablet (video)

    Libretto W100: Toshiba shows double touchscreen tablet (video)

    What's better than a tablet with one touchscreen? A tablet with two touchscreens. That's at least what Toshiba must have thought when they cooked up the Libretto W100 with its dual 7-inch multi-touch displays (1,024×600 resolution and LED backlighting for both). There's no physical keyboard, but you'll get a virtual one with haptic response.

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  • Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    We've shown you the LifeTouch [JP], NEC's first stab at making a touchscreen tablet PC, on Monday, and now we got pointed to a video that shows the device in action. To recap, the LifeTouch is a seven-inch Android 2.1-based tablet running on an ARM Cortex A8 CPU (more info).

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  • LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    A number of Japanese companies, for example NTT, have announced or hinted at tablet PCs in the past months, but NEC is the first to actually name, spec and date its first model. Dubbed LifeTouch [JP], the NEC tablet will feature a 7-inch TFT LCD screen (800x480 resolution), weigh 400 grams, and run on Android 2.1.

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  • Toshiba’s Dynabook Qosmio V65 is a high-end laptop, Blu-ray player and DTV in one

    Toshiba’s Dynabook Qosmio V65 is a high-end laptop, Blu-ray player and DTV in one

    Toshiba in Japan announced [JP] a new Qosmio laptop today, the Dynabook Qosmio V65. The main selling point of the device (of all Qosmios, in fact) is the "multi-media" capability: Toshiba promises that the laptop produces high-quality images, thanks to the SpursEngine coprocessor (that Toshiba has been using in its CELL TV and Qosmio laptops since 2008), LED backlight, and the 15.6-inch "Clear SuperView LED" HD TFT screen with 1,366×768 resolution.

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  • Fujitsu specs, prices and dates its 3D PC with integrated 3D camera

    Fujitsu specs, prices and dates its 3D PC with integrated 3D camera

    Teased last month, announced [JP] today: Fujitsu took the wraps off a 3D desktop PC that has a quite unique selling point: it comes with a camera that lets users shoot pictures and video in 3D. The ESPRIMO FMV FH550/3AM will not only display user-generated 3D content on its 20-inch screen but also 3D Blu-rays and 3D video from other sources.

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  • dynabook TX/98MBL: Toshiba announces 3D notebook

    dynabook TX/98MBL: Toshiba announces 3D notebook

    Not a week passes without a Japanese company announcing a 3D-enabled device lately. Today, it's Toshiba, which just unveiled [JP] a 3D-capable notebook, the dynabook TX/98MBL. According to the company, it's the world's first notebook that lets you view 3D content stored on Blu-rays (next to playing NVIDIA 3D Vision games).

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  • Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Panasonic in Japan today announced [JP] the "Let’s Note CF-C1", which the company says is among the world's lightest convertible tablet PCs. The latest addition to Panasonic's "Let's Note" series of notebooks weighs just 1.46kg (including the battery, 1.67kg with two batteries). The company says it was able to push down the weight by choosing lighter materials and changing the display's open-close and rotating mechanisms.

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  • NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    Valuestar N VN790/BS - that's the name of the 3D PC that NEC today announced [JP] for the Japanese market. The company's faster than expected: just last month, NEC teased such a machine in Tokyo, saying it's likely to ship by October 2010. But Japan will get the PC as early as next month. And it appears to be a pretty cool machine.

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  • Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Another day, another 3D-related tech news item from Japan. This time, it's a 3D-powered desktop PC Fujitsu is currently demoing at a two-day company event (Fujitsu Forum [JP]) in Tokyo. It's not only able to display 3D images but also has a 3D camera built-in (just above the display).

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  • Sony Japan teases “VAIO New Ultra Mobile”

    Sony Japan teases “VAIO New Ultra Mobile”

    Remember Sony Japan's unusual promotion campaign for an 8-inch netbook (or ultra-mobile PC, as the Japanese like to call these devices) from December 2008? The target group was amused with the campaign. And it appears the marketing coup helped Sony actually sell the Vaio P, as the company today updated its Japanese site with yet another teaser for yet another "mysterious" netbook.

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  • Thanko’s USB-powered foot switch pedal

    Thanko’s USB-powered foot switch pedal

    Long time no hear from Tokyo-based USB gadget maker Thanko. The company today announced foot switch pedals [JP] for use with Windows XP, 7 or Vista machines (I am aware this isn't a world's first, but the last Thanko post was too long ago). Just assign any key on your keyboard to one of the pedals, and you won't need your fingers to press that key ever again.

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  • Two awesome Gundam PC cases

    Two awesome Gundam PC cases

    We all know Japan is Gundam country (I'll go cover the newly opened Gundam Cafe in Tokyo next week) and that Akihabara is heaven for PC geeks and modders. So what can you expect when you combine both things? Not one but two cool Gundam PC cases.

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  • I hate computers: confessions of a sysadmin

    I hate computers: confessions of a sysadmin

    I often wonder if plumbers reach a point in their career, after cleaning clogged drain after clogged drain, that they begin to hate plumbing. They hate pipes. They hate plumber’s putty. They hate all the tricks they’ve learned over the years, and they hate the need to have to learn tricks. It’s plumbing, for goodness [...]

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  • The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    Look at the palm of your hand. Imagine if you will a future that includes computers that size. Brother! Good news! The future is here with the Via ARTiGO A1100!

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