Toshiba has developed a 512 GB SSD (solid state drive). These tiny drives are typically used in notebooks, gaming computers and home entertainment systems. Specs on this drive: 3GB/s SATA with maximum read speed of 240 Mb/s. Expect to see production ramped up in the second quarter of 2009. No word on pricing or which [...]
Toshiba R500 Review
[Sorry about the delay on this, I’ve been a bit swamped recently] I’ve been fortunate enough to have had the chance to try out two excellent ultraportable notebooks recently, the MacBook Air and the Fujitsu P8010. Shortly after the P8010 went back, the mailman knocked on the door with year another ultraportable, this time the [...]
Toshiba Will Recognize Your Ugly Mug
When I wake up, one of the first things I usually do is go check my email. Sometimes my hair is a complete rat’s nest (picture a sleepy five year old), sometimes it’s piled on top of my head in a clip, and sometimes it looks nice because I actually showered and dressed first. Now [...]
The Toshiba Tecra M8 Laptop Computer Review
For the last month or so, I have known that this would be a very hard review to write. Not because of the subject matter, but because once the review is finished I’ll no longer have an excuse to keep “my” Toshiba Tecra M8 loaner. Ah well, the deadline has come and gone (eep!) and [...]
Are You Windows Vista Ready?
Larry Liaw sent me a link that I think most computer owners will want to click because it tells if your computer is optimised to run the next version of Windows. Click here. I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite A-105, which I absolutely love. I just upgraded its RAM to 2GB and I thought it [...]
Monday, Monday
Michael Hess with RoadWired wrote and told me that their Skooba Skin is one of “the top-ten finalists for the Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian) People’s Design Award, and with only a week left in the voting we are unashamedly telling everyone we know and asking for all the votes we can get (assuming we are deemed worthy, [...]



