Toshiba is readying a Lytro-style camera that could allow photos taken on smartphones and tablets to be refocused after they're captured, with a complex lens assembly creating data-dense adjustable images. The camera, which is expected to be commercialized in late 2013, grabs 500,000 pictures in one take, The Asahi Shimbum reports, thanks to an identical number of lenses in front of the sensor, each taking a shot with slightly different focus settings.
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Toshiba reveals Lytro-style refocus camera module for 2013
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 12, 2012
Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone. With the new year coming up shortly, a couple of companies took a look back at the year we're leaving behind, with Facebook posting its Year in Review and Google Zeitgeist 2012 going live. A video of an L-series BlackBerry 10 device hit the Internet today, and you can now have a look at SlashGear's calendar using UpTo on iOS or Android. Facebook was named the best place to work at in 2013, while Google revealed that it doesn't have any plans to develop apps for Windows 8.
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Toshiba unveils new free positioning wireless charging chipset
Being able to recharge your smartphone or other device without having to fiddle with wires is very convenient. There are a number of wireless charging accessories on the market today for all manner of smartphones and other devices. Typically, these accessories include a case and a charging pad that allows the battery inside the smartphone to be charged simply by placing it on the charging pad.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 4, 2012
Welcome to Tuesday evening everyone. Today we found out that nightly builds to CyanogenMod 10.1 are ready to go for the Nexus 10, which comes just a short time after nightlies started rolling out for the Nexus 4. IDC said today that Android will likely stay on top in the battle for mobile dominance until 2016, with iOS placing in second throughout, so it looks like the mobile landscape won't be changing all that much in the coming years. Verizon is set to begin rolling out targeted ad campaigns this week, but you'll only see those ads if you give Verizon permission.
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Toshiba Excite 10 SE brings 10-inches of Tegra 3 for $350
The folks at Toshiba have come on strong with a new contender in the 10-inch tablet space this week with the Toshiba Excite 10 SE, complete with an AutoBrite HD screen at 1280 x 800 pixels and stereo speaker action. This machine closely resembles Toshiba's past tablet-sized offerings and comes with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and 16GB of internal storage - as well as a microSD card slot.
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Toshiba reveals four-legged Fukushima robot explorer
Toshiba has revealed a new robot intended to explore the radioactive mess of Japan's Fukushima No.1 reactor in Tokyo, a four-legged beast that can birth a second, separate robot to squeeze through narrow spaces. The tetrapod 'bot - which resembles a Toshiba-branded coolbox on spindly legs, and carries both a camera and a dosimeter - is remotely controlled by a wireless operator, and has clever onboard intelligence that allows it to totter across uneven terrain without tumbling.
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Toshiba announces new 10.1-inch AT300SE tablet
Toshiba has announced a new addition to its range of tablets for fans in the UK. The new tablet is called the AT300SE, and it is an Android tablet with a 10.1-inch display. Toshiba says that the tablet is ideal for everyday tablet users.
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Philips, LG, others said to be facing fines for CRT price fixing
It's reported that the European Union will fine six top electronics firms for price-fixing cathode-ray tubes used in older televisions and computer monitors. The six companies consist of Philips, LG, Samsung, Technicolor, Panasonic, and Toshiba. All of which are being accused of taking part in a cartel.
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Toshiba now accepting pre-orders for Windows 8 PCs
In a press release earlier today, Toshiba announced that it is now accepting pre-orders for its Windows 8 PCs, which will start shipping October 26th when Windows 8 is released. The company's Windows 8 PC array ranges from budget models to ultrabooks to gaming machines and desktops. Not interested in pre-orders? The devices will also be available in stores on the 26th.
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Toshiba Ships First MQ01ABDH Hybrid Series Drive
Toshiba is one of the biggest names in storage products, and it offers a wide range of internal storage devices and external storage devices. Toshiba has announced that it has started shipping its first Hybrid Drive MQ01ABDH series (PDF) storage devices. These new Hybrid Drives combine the performance of a SSD with the capacity and pricing of a traditional HDD.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 24, 2012
We've entered the last full week of September, which means that autumn, pumpkins, and little children asking for free candy are all in the near future (for some of us anyway). Today we found out that the iPhone 5 managed to sell 5 million units in its first weekend of availability, and that iOS 6 has been downloaded by 100 million users since it was released last week. Some enthusiastic analysts were left explaining their generous iPhone 5 sales predictions today, while others were saying that the iPhone 5 could top 50 million sales by the end of Q4.
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Toshiba outs Canvio Slim as world’s thinnest 500GB hard drive
The folks from Toshiba look to continue the trend of packing tons and tons of storage into an extremely small space. Today they've outed their latest Canvio Slim portable hard drive and are stating it's the "world's thinnest" portable hard drive. Coming in at just 9mm thick offering 500GB of storage for only $115 -- lets take a look.
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