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Old materials are leading to new innovations for LED lighting
Is silicon the solution to cheap abundant LED lighting?…
Read MoreToshiba Chromebook 13 reviewed: Lots of screen, battery life and plastic
Looking for a 13.3 inch Chromebook? At the moment, you have one and only one option: Toshiba's Chromebook 13. For $299 or less, you get a solid performer with decent battery life but I hope you like plastic.…
Read MoreWith a 13-inch screen, Toshiba’s Chromebook could hit the sweet spot
Some Chromebooks are too small. Some are too big. With a 13-inch display, Toshiba's new Chromebook might be just right. The $279 laptop running Chrome OS launches mid-February in a Wi-Fi only model.…
Read MoreThe U.K.’s smart meter plan kicks into high gear
By the end of the decade almost all of British homes are supposed to get smart, digital, connected utility meters installed. And the plan is seeing some large contracts handed out to vendors like Landis+Gyr and Telefonica.…
Read MoreHome solar leasing business shines for SunPower
SunPower is signing up residential solar leases at a nice pace in the U.S. while seeing a good demand for its highly efficient solar panels in Japan's residential market. The company is still posting losses, though it's doing better than in previous quarters.…
Read MoreToshiba acquires smart grid startup Consert
Toshiba has acquired another smart grid startup Consert, who has been building a smart home service.…
Read MoreStick a fork in netbooks, they’re done
Goodbye Eee PC and all other netbooks from Asus; the company is no longer producing the small laptops. Acer followed Asus into the netbook market and is following it out as well. What happened to this once quickly growing market? Tablets disrupted the space.…
Read MoreIndian giant Wipro beats outs HP, Apple as it tops Greenpeace’s gadget guide
Indian tech firm Wipro takes the lead for the first time -- beating out U.S. companies like Apple, HP and Dell -- to become the highest ranking gadget maker in Greenpeace's latest green guide to electronics.…
Read MoreBatteries should be part of the future of Internet infrastructure
Batteries used for content delivery networks could provide power savings up to 14 percent over networks without batteries, and that could increase up to 35 percent if new types of servers were created that could move in and out of different levels of energy states.…
Read MoreA power conversion startup buddies up with Japan’s electronics giants
A startup that makes more efficient power conversion devices has raised money from, and partnered with, a group of Japanese electronics giants. Transphorm is a venture-backed startup and its move is a symbol of the growing importance of corporate partners as well as overseas investors in cleantech.…
Read MoreJapan-U.S. smart grid project now live in New Mexico
A Japanese consortium of government groups and tech companies teams up with a New Mexico utility and a federal lab for a smart grid demonstration project to figure out how to integrate solar electricity and energy storage into an electric grid.…
Read MoreAndroid this week: Toshiba’s small slate; Galaxy S III details; patent wars worsen
Unlike last year's product launch, the Galaxy S III will hit the U.S. on multiple carriers soon after the product debuts internationally. Five carriers are ready to sell Samsung's flagship; a single model for all. HTC's patent woes continue and Toshiba's new small slate shines.…
Read MoreVideo look at Toshiba’s Excite 7.7 Android 4.0 tablet
Toshiba is set to add another choice to the small slate market: the company will soon sell the Excite 7.7 tablet running on the latest version of Google Android. Here's a first look video and early impressions of the 16 GB tablet with Wi-Fi.…
Read MoreKurion acquires nuclear to glass cleanup tech
Kurion, a startup that has developed technology that cleans up nuclear waste and is one of the most successful cleantech firms you haven't heard of, has been acquiring more cleanup tech.…
Read MoreBehind the scenes at an LED lighting lab
After raising $230 million in venture capital and developing LED lighting components for a decade, Bridgelux in Livermore, Calif., is making a technology transition to drive down costs. The company is now counting on its partnership with Toshiba to make this transition a success.…
Read MoreWhy a 13-inch tablet is a big bet for Toshiba
A trio of new Toshiba tablets are on the way ranging in size from 7.7-, 10- and 13-inches with the new Excite 13, With the large display, however, comes a large price: The Excite 13 will start at $649.99 when it arrives on June 10.…
Read MoreNow playing on some screens: Hulu Plus for Android tablets
The Hulu Plus mobile app is now available for Android tablets, complete with an updated user interface. The software has a visual redesign offering easier navigation on large touchscreen devices. But not every Android tablet owner can use the software; only seven devices are supported.…
Read MoreTablet makers with no ecosystem should turn to Windows 8
By 2016, one-third of the U.S. population will own a tablet, says Forrester. This figure -- 112.5 million people -- is an upward revision due to two names in the tablet market: Apple and Amazon. All other tablet makers should leave Android for Windows, says Forrester.…
Read More@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye……
Read MoreThe secret behind all those shiny CES gadgets? Cloud computing
As usual, a big chunk of the news out of the Consumer Electronics Show this year revolves around bright-and-shiny devices. But this time out, those devices are acting as the Trojan horses for the hardware makers' cloud vision. The battle's all about cloud services now.…
Read MoreToshiba’s 7-inch Thrive on sale, but not at the right price
Toshiba's 7-inch tablet is already available for purchase if you know where to look: One reseller is offering the smaller Thrive. But the $450 price has to include some large markup; here's why I suspect Toshiba Thrive will see an official price of around $299.…
Read MoreGreentech struggles are business as usual for the Valley
Do recent struggles dominating the news represent the beginning of the end for green technology? Nah, it looks like business as usual for Silicon Valley. Only one in ten start-ups ever make it, VCs like to say, and failure makes you stronger.…
Read MoreHoping to steal iPad sales, three new tablets debut
Big hardware vendors continue to fight Apple's iPad for a piece of the tablet pie and the three newest entries debuted today at the IFA electronics show. Samsung went high-end in a small device, while Lenovo went low cost. Meanwhile, Toshiba slimmed its 10.1-inch Android tablet.…
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