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. 
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While cheap netbooks slowly die off, Toshiba is going for the complete opposite end of the market with its new KIRAbook, a high-end Windows 8 laptop that kicks off the company’s KIRA line of luxury products.
As the top consumer Ultrabook made by Tosh…
The game console wars just got way more interesting with the debut of the Toshiba Shibasphere, which stands out from competitors with some novel features, including the ability to measure — and compensate for — user frustration.
Sound rid…
Toshiba has acquired another smart grid startup Consert, who has been building a smart home service. 
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LAS VEGAS – Toshiba is showing off at CES a prototype of an OLED smart watch that knows its owner by his or her pulse.
An embedded ECG sensor in the rear of the watch lets it recognize its owner’s unique pulse patterns, and will shut down the wat…
LAS VEGAS — At a private press event Sunday evening, Toshiba gave us a first look at its upcoming line of Ultra HD 4K TVs. The L9300 series is headlined by an 84-inch model (pictured above), but also includes a 58 and 65-inch set.
The 4K format giv…
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New YouTube Button Sends Videos Straight from Mobile to TV (SocialTimes)
YouTube is working with television and cell phone manufacturers to bring YouTube videos to television scr…
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.
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Lytro was the first to commercialize the idea of taking photos that you can refocus later, but now others are getting in on the concept.
Toshiba has developed a camera that also takes photos with adjustable focus, only this one can fit in a cellphon…
Topher Grace, Mary Elizabeth Winstead — and maybe you — will star in a new “social film” from Intel and Toshiba called “The Beauty Inside.”
The film, to be directed by Sundance-winner Drake Doremus (Like Crazy), is based on the story of Alex, a …
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.
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.
There’s something unusual about Toshiba‘s Satellite U845W laptop. Have a look at the pic — can you guess what it is? That’s right, the new Toshiba has a screen with an “ultra-wide” aspect ratio of 21:9, perfect f…
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. 
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world…
Besides the world’s biggest tablet, Toshiba today also debuted a new all-in-one PC. Toshiba claims it’s the first all-in-one model t…
Up till now tablets have generally been in two size classes: smaller models like the Kindle Fire whose screens measure 7 inches or less, and large-siz…
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.
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.
Toshiba is bringing the world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet to stores on Tuesday.
The company recently announced that its ultra-sleek and sexy…
If you were paying attention to the news coming out of CES last week you probably know about Toshiba’s ultra thin new tablet, but wh…
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