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Japan's Toshiba still in red

Japanese high-tech giant Toshiba said Wednesday it had lost more than 600 million dollars in the fiscal first quarter as the economic downturn hit sales of televisions and other electronics.

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toshiba launches Blu-ray after DVD setback: report

Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

China backs down from requirement for Web filter

(AP) -- In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First Smartphone with 1GHZ Processor (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looks like the Apple iPhone 3G S may soon have some serious competition with the soon to be announced, Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The TG01 is expected to be officially announced at the Mobile ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 3 weblog

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.

Technology / Business

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

Acer eyes Japan growth with new cheap laptop

(AP) -- Acer Inc. of Taiwan said Friday it plans solid growth in the previously hard-to-crack Japanese market with a new slim, lightweight laptop that boasts an eight-hour battery life and a cheap price.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Toshiba to stop making mobile phones in Japan

(AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will end production of mobile phones in Japan due to plummeting demand amid an economic slump.

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

Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba posts record loss

(AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs.

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Gadgets: Upgrade, don't trash your old iPod

Getting an iPod upgrade doesn't always have to lead you to the Apple store for a new model, though that is appealing.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts

(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese firms in talks on microchip merger

Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. are in merger talks to create Japan's top chipmaker as they seek to survive the global recession, reports said Thursday.

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba to take over LCD joint venture with Panasonic

Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will buy out its liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture with Panasonic Corp. for about 20 million dollars in a bid to overhaul the struggling business.

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toshiba signs agreement for 2 nuclear plants in Texas

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for two new nuclear plants to be built under the U.S. South Texas Project.

Technology / Business

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0