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Western Digital pulls away with hard drive deal

(AP) -- Western Digital Corp. is trying to pull further away in its neck-and-neck race with Seagate Technology PLC to be the world's biggest maker of hard drives.

Technology / Business

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi Maxell to join the wireless charging market

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless charging, the last bastion of the truly lazy, has gotten a new competitor in the marketplace. Hitachi Maxell has joined the ranks of companies such as Energizer in the wireless charging ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Device controls, measures spin current injected into semiconductor material

An international research team formed by physicists from Hitachi, the University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham in the UK, Charles University in the Germany, the Institute of Physics (ASCR), in the Czech Republic, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hitachi develops recycling technologies for rare earth metals

Hitachi today announced that it has developed technologies for recycling rare earth magnets from hard disk drive (HDD) motors and air conditioners and other compressors. Specifically, developed machinery to separate and collect ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

EU fines Samsung, nine other chip makers over cartel

The EU Commission fined the world's biggest memory chip makers, including Samsung, Infineon and Toshiba, a total of 331 million euros (403 million dollars) on Wednesday for operating a cartel.

Technology / Business

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Nokia sues top LCD, CRT display makers

(AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it has filed suits against several leading liquid crystal display makers - including Philips, Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung - for alleged price fixing.

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)

(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sagem and Hitachi unveil multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device

Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NEC, Casio, Hitachi to merge handset businesses

(AP) -- Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in a bid to boost their competitiveness at ...

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module

Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Hitachi posts first-quarter loss

Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi announced Tuesday a net loss of 82.7 billion yen (870 million dollars) for the fiscal first quarter with sales down heavily amid the economic downturn.

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toshiba to cut costs by $3.5 bln

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba plans to reduce fixed costs 10 percent more than previously announced, a news report said on Sunday.

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created May 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0