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Fuel Cells For Laptops Edge Closer to Marketplace

Recent technology in the development of fuel cells promises to eventually replace or at least supplement today's laptop batteries.

Fuel cells, instead of storing power, generate electricity by breaking down methanol via an electrochemical process. The cells can be recharged by topping them up with methanol from a cartridge.

Recently, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Samsung and Sanyo, among others, have shown prototypes that suggest that the technology is just around the corner.

Toshiba began fuel cell development about four years ago. Three key areas that need work are size, noise and weight, prior to commercialisation. However the company aims to have a commercial version out in 2007, according to Tomoaki Arimura of Toshiba′s Methanol Fuel Cell Group.

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Toshiba Announces Qosmio G35-AV600

                                                       

Toshiba has announced their newest multimedia entertainment laptop, the G35-AV600.

Specs:

• Intel Core Duo Processor T2400 (Dual 1.83 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
• 17-inch diagonal widescreen Ultimate TruBrite Display
• Mobile Intel 945PM Express Chipset
• NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 with 256MB GDDR2 discrete
• graphics memory
• 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM memory
• 160GB (5400 rpm) Hard Drive
• Integrated Intel Pro/Wireless Network
• Connection 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g); Bluetooth(R)
• version 2.0 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
• 4 USB v. 2.0, RGB, TV out (S-Video and component
• via D-connector cable), AV IN (S-Video and
• connector and composite/monitor/line-IN), RJ-45
• LAN port, RJ-11, i-Link(R)1394, S/PDIF Optical
• Audio Output
• Integrated Toshiba TV Tuner

Available for $2399 at ToshibaDirect
Also available are the Toshiba Qosmio F25-AV205 and Qosmio G25-AV513 notebooks.

Buy a Toshiba Qosmio G30, Get World Cup Tickets

The Toshiba Qosmio G30 has more features more than just your everyday laptop, it comes with World Cup tickets!  Yes, Toshiba is an official FIFA World Cup sonsor, so they have many tickets to give away. The new high-end Toshiba TV Intel Core Duo notebook Qosmio G30 will be sold in Germany and bundled with a ticket to a soccer game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

This Intel Core Duo Notebook features a 17 inch screen, 2 100GB or 120GB HDD that can be configured as RAID, TV tuner and DVD drive. 

Expect to see Toshiba introduce  the G30 at the CeBit 2006 in Germany.

via I4U News

Acer Outranks Toshiba in 4Q Notebook Shipments

Acer shipped 2.2-2.3 million notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2005, surpassing Toshiba, placing Acer as  the world’s third largest notebook vendor behind Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP).

Acer shipped about 200,000 more notebooks than Toshiba did in the fourth quarter, according to news sources who gathered information from notebook makers and component suppliers that worked with Dell, Acer and Toshiba.

Dell and HP are expected to retain their positions as the top two notebook vendors this year. 

Via Digitimes.com

Toshiba Unveils Intel Core Duo Notebook, Portege M400

Toshiba revealed at CES, their second generation Qosmio notebook featuring the new Intel Core Duo processor and an HD-DVD drive. 

Specs:

Intel Core Duo processor

HD-DVD drive

nVidia GeForce Go 7800

17-inch widescreen (glossy finish)

Dolby surround sound

Windows Media Center 2005

Integrated Analog TV Tuner

Toshiba also showcased the first tablet PC device to carry an Intel dual-core, the Portege M400 Tablet PC.