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TCO Development has signed an agreement with the Office for Procurement of the German Ministry of the Interior (BeschA), to make TCO Certified part of a new code of conduct for IT manufacturing. The new code of conduct has been agreed by BeschA and trade association Bitkom. The new wording of the BeschA declaration of … Read more
The proposed acquisition by Spain’s Telefonica of pay-TV company Digital+ (known as Canal+ in Spain) is to be investigated by the Spanish competition authority, the CNMC. In a statement, the CNMC was quoted as saying that the deal “could significantly hinder competition in the markets related to pay-TV, audiovisual content and electronic communications services”. In … Read more
Ever since Apple used the marketing moniker, “Retina Display”, the mobile device and display industry has been asking itself: how far will this resolution arms race go? How high do we need to go before we truly can say that the display meets or exceeds the true limits of the Human Vision System? Apple claimed … Read more
The Korean based company Thinkware, better known under its iNavi brand, has released the iNavi X1 navigation display solution that includes a full 3D map enabling an advanced navigation system. The system was shown in Korea and it is unclear if a car maker will use this technology or if it is an after-market solution. … Read more
We recently ‘attended’ a webinar by IDC, covering the company’s prediction for the ‘third platform’. The third platform consists of 21st century technologies such as big data, mobile, the cloud and the internet of things (IoT). These technologies now account for 30% of ICT market spend and almost 100% of growth! Areas to watch include … Read more
One of our lead stories this week is about Black Friday. We first used the phrase “Black Friday” in the newsletter in 1997 in the context of a sales day after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, our very first article said that it was so named because on that day, according to some electrical retailers, sales were very … Read more
Tianma Microelectronics has signed a co-operation agreement with Wuhan East Lake High-Tech Development Zone (ELHTZ), also known as Optics Valley of China, for a 6G LTPS LCD production line project. Construction of the new facility is expected to begin at the end of this year, with production slated for 2016. The anticipated annual sales volume … Read more
The WT10-A-106 is a second-generation Encore tablet from Toshiba. A ‘Windows 8.1 with Bing’ model, the slate is bundled with a one-year Office 365 licence, 60 Skype Free Minutes every month and 1TB of OneDrive storage. A 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor runs Windows, with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The tablet has Intel … Read more
Toshiba’s Satellite laptop range has seen a significant expansion, with 12 new models in the Satellite L50-B, L50D-B (15.6″) and L70-B (17.3″) lines. The 15.6″ models are 23.5mm thick and weigh 2.2kg. The 17.3″ models are desktop replacements, at 29mm thick and 2.7kg. GPUs vary depending on the model; some use discrete AMD Radeon chips … Read more
Toshiba Corporation has published its results for the second quarter and first six months of the year, posting a net profit in Q2 of ¥21.9 billion ($190.9 million) on turnover of ¥1.7 trillion ($14.8 billion), which compares with a net profit of ¥16.2 billion ($141.2 million) on turnover of ¥1.6 trillion ($13.9 billion) in Q2 … Read more
Toshiba has rolled out a significant number of new laptops in the Satellite series, as well as two new additions to the Qosmio range. The products have 15.6″ or 17.3″ displays and range in price from €250 to €1,220 ex VAT. One products is not listed, as Toshiba had not announced specifications. It is the … Read more
Toshiba’s new professional laptop, the Portege Z20T, is a Core-M unit that takes aim at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and Dell’s Venue 11 Pro 7000. As a convertible model, the Z20T’s 12.5″ display can be detached and used as a tablet. In this mode it features micro-HDMI, micro-USB and micro-SD inputs. Docking will add HDMI, … Read more
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