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Hot news out of Japan if you’re an eager 3D beaver: a report from Toshiba’s home nation indicates that the company has three models of glasses-free 3D displays in the pipeline, which are being prepared for launch “before Christmas” at prices of “several thousand dollars” each. As you might recall, we got our first inkling about Toshiba Mobile Display’s multi-parallax technique back in April, which is when the above 21-inch panel was being touted along with promises of eliminating eye strain and widening 3D viewing angles. We suspect that by now Toshiba has put a slinky bezel on the thing and started thinking up alphanumeric product names for it, though do bear in mind that queries to its press office were deflected with the boilerplate “no comment” response.

Toshiba reportedly prepping glasses-free 3DTV for Q4 launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know, we just told you less than 48 hours ago that the dual screen Toshiba Libretto W100 was finally on sale and after $1,100 of your hard earned cash, but it looks like those that didn’t move quick enough are out of luck. Both Toshiba and Amazon list the Windows 7-running Libretto W100 as out of stock at the moment. Now, of course, Tosh has always said the W100 was going to be available on a limited basis so there’s no telling how many of these were actually sold, but it certainly seems impressive for a very niche gadget. We’ve reached out to Toshiba to ask if they plan on refreshing the depleted stock and for a bit of information on how many they had boxed up to begin with — stay tuned, we’ll let you know what we hear.

Update: If you’re still lusting after one of these bad boys there’s still some available through Conics.com and some Japanese retailers.

Toshiba Libretto W100 sells out at Amazon, really was a limited run originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll be honest: we thought SSDs would suck down most of platter-based storage’s milkshake by now — that magnetic disks would follow tapes into obscurity. Alas, SSDs are still niche items, and Toshiba is doing all it can to keep them that way, demonstrating a successful prototype of a new storage technique called bit-pattern recording that currently generates a storage density of 2.5Tb per square inch. That’s about five times more dense than the company’s current offerings, achieved by placing individual bits onto lithographed “islands” of magnetic material. This protects the charge of the individual bits and allows those sectors to be much smaller. Toshiba suggests we won’t see these until 2013, but now we’re left wondering what’s next… can engineers stuff even more bits onto these things?

Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter’s last stand? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Terrific news, laptop shoppers. Toshiba’s concept-turned-commercial Libretto W100 is now on sale in the US of A, but there’s no telling how long it’ll remain in stock. We heard from the get-go that this dual-screen wonder would only be a limited run, and just a week after going on sale in Japan, the W105-L251 is getting prepped right now for a shipping label with your address on it. $1,099.99 buys you a Pentium U5400 processor, Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit), integrated Intel HD graphics, a memory card reader, 2GB of DDR3 memory, a 62GB solid state drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, an inbuilt webcam and an 8-cell battery. Oh, and twin 7-inch WSVGA LCD panels. Toshiba reckons that you’ll get yours in “2 to 3 weeks” if you order direct, though Amazon has a pre-sale of its own going for those who like to press their luck.

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Toshiba’s dual-screen Libretto W100 laptop on sale in America for $1,100 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As both enterprises and everyday users invest in whole-drive encryption software and struggle to make sure that the hard drives in their laptops and desktops are properly wiped clean of all data before they’re disposed of, Toshiba has unveiled new disk features that may make the process of upgrading to a new computer easier for home and business users alike.

Toshiba announced Wipe Technology, a new feature that their line of Self-Encrypting Drives would now come with, which allows users and IT administrators to safely and securely erase user data, or simply erase the drive’s encryption key (thus rendering the data unusable) before disposing of a system or re-using it.

The technology is aimed at businesses that want the ability to quickly clean hard drives before re-deploying them, selling them, or destroying them. Wipe can also wind up being very useful for consumers who want to keep their data safe and encrypted while they travel, but then make sure their drive is clean before they give their old laptop to a friend or family member.

[via SlashGear]