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The folks at Toshiba have released news on their newest two notebook computers, the Toshiba Tecra R940 and Tecra R950, both of them ready for the business world through Toshiba Direct. These devices are available to business owners who can order up to 100 units at a time with discounts that are usually only given to giant companies. These laptops are made for small or medium business needs with fiberglass reinforced casing and Honeycomb Rib structures – not to mention 3rd generation Intel Core processors and dedicated AMD graphics inside.

Both models are able to have 512GB SSD inside with 16GB of memory. The smaller of the two, Tecra R940, is set with a 14-inch diagonal LED-backlit widescreen HD display while the larger, the R950, has a 15.6-inch diagonal LED-backlit widescreen HD display. Both devices are able to be purchased starting at $599.99 MSRP and are included in a deal where if businesses order before August 30th, 2012, they’ll be upgraded to Windows 7 Professional for free, plus an additional 4GB of memory to boot!

You can purchase both devices from Toshiba Direct right this second with, again, amazingly enough, both devices starting at the same price. Grab the Toshiba Tecra R940 for $599.99 USD or the Toshiba Tecra R950 for $599.99 right this minute. ANd if you’re a business owner, twice as much.

Have a peek at our timeline below to see what’s been going on in the business of Toshiba device making as of late.

Toshiba Tecra R940 and R950 notebooks hit the business circuit is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Toshiba announced some new plans today that it will implement a company-wide reorganization of its television business in Japan, completely merging its design team between TVs, PCs and tablet groups. The idea is to create “fusion products” Toshiba said, so that its product lines can be more simplified.

Toshiba had always kept development for its TVs and computers separate, but will be combining them at a complex located in Tokyo. At the same time, some of its production will be moved out of Japan to be outsourced by foreign manufacturers. The company has about 30,000 employees and will be relocating about 1,000 of them.

The reorganization will promote the creation of products that bring together traits from traditional categories of televisions, tablets and computers. The moves come as a result of a pretty steep decline in demand for televisions in Japan as well as rapid price erosion. Toshiba said that the reorganization will also help it deliver to the growing demand from emerging and regional markets.

[via PC World]

Toshiba to blend design groups for TVs, PCs and tablets is written by Elise Moreau & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Western Digital has produced 2.5-inch hard drives capable of 10,000 RPM speeds in the past, but capacities have often been limited. Toshiba is hoping to push ahead in the quest for fast speeds and roomy drives with the introduction of a 900GB hard drive with a 10,500RPM spin speed. That’s not the only capacity available either, with 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB versions also up for grabs.

Just like the old drives, you won’t be able to stick these in your laptop thanks to the 15mm thickness. Toshiba is including a 3.5-inch bracket so you can mount the drives into your desktop computer, with the company saying the drives are ideal for server use. Average seek time for the drives is 3.7ms, and write is 4.1ms. The drive is equipped with a SAS 2.0 6Gbit/s interface and a 64MB buffer for the best transfer speeds possible.

Unfortunately, Toshiba hasn’t mentioned exactly what the drives will cost, or when eager customers can get their hands on them. Judging from the interface and capacity, we can’t imagine them being cheap, so maybe start saving now just in case. All the nitty gritty details can be found on Toshiba’s website in the meantime.

[via Engadget]

Toshiba AL13SE 2.5″ HDD offers 900GB at 10,500RPM is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A 2.5-inch drive spinning at speeds up to 10,000RPM? Sure, we’ve seen it before, but only with enough room for 600GB worth of data. Toshiba, however, has trumped its forebears by upping the capacity to 900GB with its new 2.5-inch HDD, dubbed the AL13SE. 300GB, 450GB and 600GB flavors are offered as well, and all of them spin at up to 10,500RPM and promise a 32% increase in sustained transfer rates over previous-gen drives. Additionally, the AL13SE sends and receives data via a 6Gbps SAS 2.0 connection to make life easier on IT guys than those SATA drives most of us use. Unfortunately, Tosh isn’t telling how much the new drives will cost, nor when they’ll be available for purchase, but you can dig into all the drive details you can handle in the PR after the break and at the source link below.

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If you’re wondering what Toshiba has up its sleeve when Windows 8 drops later this year, the answer could be in some recently granted patents. According to the folks at Patent Bolt, Toshiba has some designs for a laptop that features cellular connectivity and a built-in stylus holder. With Windows 8 supporting digital pen input and touchscreens, it’s not hard to put two and two together. However, whether this becomes an actual product, that’s yet to be seen – after all we know that companies who are granted patents don’t necessarily turn them into real products.

The notebook is said to be able to make use of 3G or 4G cellular data networks, built-in GPS, stylus support when the notebook is in tablet mode – sounds like a pretty functional hybrid device, though its weight and battery life are yet to be seen. No word on when or if we’ll see this device go on sale, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Microsoft high-performance touchscreen technology patent filed, Apple working on its own smart glasses?,