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Toshiba Considers Using Your Laptop Mouse 'Abuse'
Even though his Toshiba laptop is less than a year old, Toshiba won’t repair the touchpad of Justin’s computer. He doesn’t think that he’s done anything out of the ordinary with the machine, but...
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Yes, Televisions Are Pretty Much Disposable Now
It seems like an ancient, lost world now, but there was once a time when people bought electronics or appliances, and when they broke down, they hired someone to repair the item and kept using it. This...
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Toshiba Thrive Tablet Cracks While Being Held: Sorry, That's Your Fault
Alex writes that his five-month-old Toshiba Thrive tablet cracked, sort of under its own weight. Is that possible? Maybe. Stranger things have happened to electronics. But everyone he’s talked to at...
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Uh, My Laptop Screen Wasn't Broken Before I Sent It To Toshiba
William’s laptop wouldn’t boot. He went to Toshiba for help, since it was still under warranty, and they charged him for software help, since his warranty didn’t cover that. Fine. Only they wouldn’t...
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You Only Have Until Dec. 6 To Claim Portion Of $1.1 Billion LCD Price-Fixing...
(Alexander Heinz)In the late ’90s, when most of us had TVs that weighed more than a teenager and could only dream of having a thin, widescreen TV, several manufacturers were fixing prices on the LCD...
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China Smacks Samsung & LG With $35 Million Fine For Fixing Prices Of LCD Panels
(Alexander Heinz) Price-fixin — it isn’t just for book publishers anymore (not that it ever really was unique to that industry, but you get the point): China fined Samsung and LG Displays a total of...
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Toshiba Sends Contractor To My House To Break My TV Even More, Shrugs
The screen damage. Chad is getting surgery soon: a spinal fusion. He’d like to be able to lie around and stare at his TV while he recovers from the operation, but his TV isn’t working so well. Audio...
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Toshiba Quits U.S. TV Market, Licenses Name To Taiwan’s Compal
Toshiba will be leaving the U.S. market for televisions, but you’ll still be able to buy a Toshiba TV later this year. Confused? Like other brands in the TV market, the company will license its name to...
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Toshiba Recalls 91,000 Laptops Over Fire Hazard
What’s worse than sitting down with your laptop only to have the hot computer burn your legs? When that laptop catches on fire. And that’s why Toshiba is recalling the laptop battery packs used in 39...
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Toshiba Adds 83K Laptop Batteries To Recall Over Continued Overheating, Burn...
Last March, Toshiba recalled the lithium-ion battery packs used in approximately 91,000 laptops that were found to overheat, posing burn and fire hazards to consumers. Now, the company is expanding the...
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