The latest laptop from Toshiba is the Portege A605 extra portable and barely larger than a calculator. The screen measures just 12.1 inches, weighs 3.3 lbs, and only 1.18 inches thick but packs the power of the larger R500 Toshiba laptop. But being tiny is not the only claim to fame the Portege A605 has, it's also green.

That's right, the A605 laptop meets all Energy Star 4.0 requirements. So now you can feel good about buying that $4 latte at starbucks while tapping away on that novel you want everyone around you to think you are writing.

Source: Market Watch

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Two somethineese companies Toshiba and Matsushita are teaming up to create EL Displays. Basically that means the companies are grouping up to help make the worlds smallest, highest quality, possibly most useful displays.

EL displays are based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology that uses electroluminescent organic materials. The display panels are extremely thin because they don't need backlights. The electroluminescent layer contains a polymer substance that directly converts electricity to light

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Are you impressed yet? If not check out what an EL Display actually is and view our source links.

• Answers.com EL Display Explanation
• CNet Reports on Toshiba EL Display

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The world's largest population has decided that they prefer HD-DVD over Blu-Ray. This means the format war may not be officially over and perhaps we are just getting started with what may turn out to be another battle in the next generation high definition media war.

The DVD Steering Committee also approved updated specifications Chinese HD DVD format (C-HD DVD) and has not yet cancelled further discussions on the general HD DVD format yet. In addition to several specification approvals passed in the February 27, 2008 meeting the Committee also passed the HD DVD-Video Product Requirement & Guideline Version 1.2 in the June 11 meeting.

I kind of wonder if this will have any effect on the price of HD-DVDs falling and players becoming obsolete in the US. Surely if there is enough demand in China that demand will filter into the US, as long as the movie industries can stay out of it and not be choosing sides. Personally I'm hoping the less expensive format wins, but I was always backing Toshiba.

More information on China supporting HD-DVD.

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Toshiba has managed to create the absolute smallets HD camera ever and this thing is micro machine small. The Toshiba IK-HD1 weighs only 2.3 ounces and just adorable. But, it's price is what makes up for it's very small stature, you can purchase an IK-HD1 for $9,700.

So, just how bad do you want the world's smallest HD camera? Also, this begs the question, why do you need one so small? ...nevermind, I'm not sure i want to know.

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It's frustrating, but a necessary evil, to stay wired even when you are wirless. For example, just because you may have the latest Toshiba pocket PC doesn't mean you don't have to charge that bad boy every now and again. Therefore, you must have a charger, at least somewhere, at some time have a wire leading from it to an electrical source. That's where a USB Sync USB charge cable comes in handy.


You can make this purchase easy by spending less than a $1 at Amazon.com.

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Is it so much to ask? All I want to do is take my entire music collection, backups, movies, and every photo of me since I was 5 years old everywhere I go. Apparently Toshiba doesn't think so with their latest 250 GB portable Hard Drive. The HDDR250E03X is a freaking monster with more than enough storage for typical applications and just enough over kill to make you the coolest boy in the locker room.

If you are looking for a deal, you can find them for less than $105 at places like Amazon.com. But seriously, when did the price of storage drop so much? I can remember spending almost $200 on an internal 40gb hard drive. Geesh, hope I didn't just so my age.

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For the aspiring business traveler looking to make an impression with their next presentation, check out Toshiba's TDP-T45U Portable DLP Projector. The number one reason this projector rocks is because it doesn't matter if you leave the lights on in the room, you are gonna see this image on the screen.

• Portable DLP Projector
• XGA 1024 x 768 Display Resolution/ 2500 Lumens
• 2000:1 Contrast Ratio
• 36 to 300 Inches Image Size/ 11.5 to 100 Projection Distance
• 7.50 Lbs (WxLxH) 9.00" x 13.00" x 3.90"

That's a lot of options and some sweet specs for a portable DLP projector that costs less than $700.00 at Amazon.com.

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