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Hitachi to expand Kentucky manufacturing plant

Hitachi Automotive Products plans to expand its Harrodsburg, Ky., manufacturing plant and add more than 100 new jobs "in the near future."

Hitachi to pay $10M for some Nortel network assets

Nortel Networks Corp. said Monday it agreed to sell some of its next-generation packet core network components to Hitachi Ltd. for $10 million.

Hitachi slides to $868 million loss in April-June

Hitachi Ltd. posted Tuesday a group net loss of 82.67 billion yen ($868 million) for the April-June quarter, dragged deep into the red by persistent weak demand for its electronics products.

Hitachi to supply lithium-ion batteries to GM

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp. in 2010 and sharply raise production capacity to meet surging demand for gas-electric cars.

Western Digital to sell facility to Hitachi

Hard drive maker Western Digital Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to sell a Malaysia manufacturing facility to a unit of Japan's Hitachi Ltd.

Hitachi posts record $8.1 billion annual loss

For Japanese electronics makers, the last fiscal year was one they'd like to forget.

Japan's Hitachi expects bigger annual loss

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday its loss for the fiscal year ended March will be bigger than its previous forecast, ballooning to 788 billion yen ($8 billion) after writing down the value of tax refunds it expects.

Hitachi taps Hisada for Americas chief executive

The Japanese electronics company Hitachi Ltd. has tapped Masao Hisada to be chief executive for its North American division effective April 1, the company said Tuesday.

Hitachi reports quarterly loss amid global slump

Hitachi reported a 371 billion yen ($4.14 billion) net loss for the fiscal third quarter Tuesday as a global slump squelched demand, and confirmed that it expects its worst ever full-year loss.

Hitachi forecasts $7.7B loss; to cut 7,000 jobs

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. predicted it would post a massive net loss this fiscal year and said it will slash about 7,000 jobs as part of a global restructuring plan.

Hitachi reports quarterly loss on higher costs

Hitachi Ltd. reported a quarterly loss of 17.4 billion yen ($167 million) Thursday amid a global slowdown in export markets and a surge in prices for oil and other raw materials.

Hitachi loss widens on sluggish US plasma TV sales

Japanese electronics company Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday its loss widened in the latest fiscal year because of weak sales of plasma TVs in the United States.

Hitachi 3Q Profit Climbs, Cuts Outlook

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday its profit surged in its third fiscal quarter as its power plant, hardware and telecommunications businesses recovered.

Hitachi to Debut 500 GB Laptop Drives

Notebook computers can be as powerful as desktops these days, especially as hard-disk makers like Hitachi Ltd. grab industry bragging rights by unveiling a 500-gigabyte drive for laptops.

Hitachi 1H Net Loss Narrows to $113.9M

Japanese electronics company Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday its group net loss narrowed in the six months through September as the company's information and telecommunications systems businesses improved.

Hitachi: Hard Drives Are Getting Better

Multimedia stockpilers need not worry about laptops, digital video recorders or portable music players hitting a storage capacity ceiling any time soon.

Hitachi, GE to Build U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Hitachi Ltd. and General Electric have been tapped to build two nuclear reactors in the U.S. in a $5.2 billion project that underlines how soaring oil prices are boosting global interest in nuclear power.

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Hitachi TV watches YOU!
Source: CrunchGear

How much energy do you think is wasted every day powering devices that aren't actually being used? I'm not talking about stand-by power consumption, but actually on-and-in-use without a user there.

Report: Trio of Japanese handset makers mull merger - FierceWireless
Source: fiercewireless.com

NEC, Hitachi and Casio have entered into talks to merge their mobile phone operations, a move that would create the second largest handset company in Japan after Sharp, according to several reports.

Hitachi announces 5 full HD TVs with built-in 500GB HDD
Source: CrunchGear

There is a clear trend in Japan, where all the relevant new TVs come from, and that's building devices to store programs into the hardware itself, i.e. HDDs or Blu-ray recorders.

Hitachi presents biometric-based vending machine
Source: CrunchGear

It's no secret the Japanese have a penchant for vending machines (even though there are - contrary to popular belief - no machines selling panties in this country).

Hitachi Reports 371 Billion Yen Quarterly Loss
Source: AP

Hitachi Ltd reported a 371 billion yen net loss for the fiscal third quarter Tuesday as a global slump squelched demand, and confirmed that it expects its worst ever full-year loss.

Seven 2.5-inch Mobile Hard Drives Compared
Source: TechReport.com

Some would argue that we're on the brink of a dramatic shift in the storage world. Mechanical hard drives that store data on platters spinning at thousands of revolutions per minute have reigned here for decades, and today's finest are technical marvels of microscopic mechanics.

Hitachi announces second-generation terabyte drive
Source: CNET.com

Hitachi was first to hit the terabyte mark when it announced the 1TB Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive in January 2007. Fast forward a year and a half, and the company is back with not a larger version of the drive but a more efficient model in the Deskstar 7K1000.B.

2010: the 5TB 3.5in HDD cometh
Source: reghardware.co.uk

Hitachi has pledged to release a 5TB 3.5in hard drive within two years, and it claims two of the drives will boast enough capacity to store everything in your brain.

Hitachi working on 5TB hard drives, values human brain at 10TB capacity
Source: Tech Digest

Hitachi is continuing to push on the limits of hard disc drive technology, despite the continual threat from solid state memory devices, and expects to have a five terabyte HDD available by 2010.

Hitachi closes Australian unit
Source: Australian News Network

JAPANESE electronics giant Hitachi said it would shut down its Australian consumer electronics division in March as part of a worldwide review of the company's operations.

Toshiba, Fujitsu & Hitachi to create storage giant?
Source: zdnet.com.au

Hitachi, the Japanese conglomerate, is talking to Toshiba and Fujitsu about forming a new company dedicated to hard drives and storage systems, according to reports.

Hitachi begins sale of finger vein authentication device in China -
Source:

In Japan, Hitachi's finger vein authentication technology is the de facto standard in the financial sector, with about 80 percent of Japanese financial institutions adopting it; the company believes it is now to conquer the rest of the world.

Hitachi: Ever-beefier hard drives by 2011 - The China Post
Source: China Post Online

Japanese company Hitachi Ltd. says its researchers have successfully shrunken a key component in hard drives to a nanoscale that will pave the way for quadrupling today's storage limits to 4 terabytes for desktop computers and 1 terabyte on laptops in 2011.

Hitachi Breaks Through Terabyte Barrier
Source: cio-today.com

Hitachi researchers, who say that the new CPP-GMR hard disk read heads will enable hard drive recording densities of up to one terabit per square inch, a quadrupling of today's highest areal densities in hard drives, expect to incorporate CPP-GMR technology into products in 2009  …

Drive advance fuels terabyte era
Source: BBC News

A single hard drive with four terabytes of storage (4TB) could be a reality by 2011, thanks to a nanotechnology breakthrough by Japanese firm Hitachi.

Fingers point the way to digit-al revolution
Source:

THE digital age has truly arrived. Trials are about to start on a new payment method involving a scanner that reads the pattern of veins in your fingers.

Hitachi releases the first Full HD Blu-Ray handycam
Source: www.d2dchina.com/en/

It shows a pretty good handycam ! It's the new Full HD, Blu-Ray cam from Hitachi. It seems to have an incredible quality of video.

Hitachi's Visual Search Finds Similar Images from Millions of Targets in 1 Second
Source: techon.nikkeibp.co.jp

Hitachi Ltd. has developed a search technology that can find images similar to a specified image from millions of images and video data in one second.

Hitachi, JCB jointly developing biometric technology for cashless transactions
Source: CNN

Electronics maker Hitachi (NYSE:HIT) Ltd said Monday it will try out a way to let customers pay simply by scanning their finger. The system uses biometric technology to identify the veins on a person's finger, which can then serve as a credit card or ATM card.

Hitachi release first Terabyte Harddrive
Source: voodish.co.uk

Hitachi were the first to announce and produce their 1 Terabyte HDD, with Samsung and Seagate offerings soon to follow. Dates for those to hit the market are late August and end of September, respectively, leaving the Deskstar 7K1000 a few months to steal the limelight.

Hitachi Launches Sale of Compact, Contact less Finger Vein Authentication Device
Source: Business Wire

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) announced that it will begin the sale of its compact and contact less Finger Vein biometric authentication device and SDK (Software Development Kit). Full-scale availability and sales begin July in Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania and others.

New technology lets mind move toy train - Innovation - MSNBC.com
Source: msnbc.com

Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.

Battle Between Blu-ray and HD-DVD
Source: alarujunan.1000nerds.kodak.com

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First Look: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000: Terabyte Storage arrives on the Desktop
Source: AnandTech Article Channel

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced right before CES 2007 they would be shipping a new 1TB (1000.2GB) hard disk drive in Q1 of this year at an extremely competitive price of $399 or just about 40 cents per GB of storage.

1TB Hitachi internal HDD
Source: Engadget

The 1TB HDD by Hitachi, the worlds first internal 1TB hard drive gets reviewed. Is it really worth the $400. It only uses IDE!

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