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Toshiba Corp. said Friday it eked out a small profit in the July-September quarter on cost-cutting and higher sales of memory chips.
Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.
After losing its battle to make the HD-DVD the successor to the DVD, Toshiba Corp. is considering making products in the winning format, Blu-ray.
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.
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.
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.
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has named a new president, joining a string of other Japanese companies in shuffling management amid a crippling recession.
Toshiba Corp. sank into the red in the third quarter and expects a loss for the full year as the global economic crisis sinks sales of digital products and home appliances.
Toshiba Corp. is planning to use the Cell processor, the brain of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console, to create an ultra-powerful TV set-top box that can record up to six high-definition channels at once and improve the look of any video.
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it would build a new factory to boost production of advanced rechargeable batteries that can be used in hybrid cars and electric vehicles.
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Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it posted a loss in the most recent quarter, tumbling into the red as flash memory prices continued to fall and demand for home appliances waned.
Toshiba Corp. lowered its profit forecast lower Friday, blaming the plunge in semiconductor prices and weaker-than-expected demand, slipping into the red for the fiscal first half for the first time in five years.
After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. has turned its attention to the next best thing: the DVD.
Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it swung to a net loss of $107.91 million (11.6 billion yen) in the April-June quarter due to a slump in semiconductor sales.
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from the next-generation video HD DVD business.
Toshiba lowered its earnings forecast for this fiscal year on Wednesday, blaming the reduction in part on 45 billion yen ($460 million) in costs associated with pulling the plug on its HD DVD next-generation video business.
Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology — a Blu-ray disc player.
Sony's Blu-ray technology is emerging as the likely winner in the format battle for the next generation of DVD players after Toshiba appeared ready to ditch its HD DVD business.
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba might withdraw its HD DVD next-generation video format, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday.
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Tuesday an 11 percent rise in profit for the October-December quarter came mainly from gains on the sale of a building in Tokyo's ritzy downtown Ginza district.
Japanese electronics rivals Toshiba and Sharp are joining forces in the liquid crystal display business, company officials said Friday, the latest development in the intensifying competition in flat-panel TVs.
Toshiba reported a 28 percent drop in profit for the July-September quarter Monday, partly because of one-time expenses for property value calculations that offset solid sales in computers and chips.
Sony is selling its advanced computer chip operations to Toshiba, both companies said Thursday, in the latest sign Sony is raising cash and shedding operations to focus on its core electronics sector.
Consumers looking to upgrade their home theaters can now choose between two types of high-definition DVD players — the confusing result of a long-running format war involving Hollywood studios and technology companies.
Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on TopNew data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.
Japanese firms to develop small nuclear reactorsA great article about subscale nuclear reactors. American companies should be doing this!!! Idiots in Washington.
Mac sales 'defy all logic,' says analystAccording to IDC, Apple accounted for 9.4 percent of all U.S. computer sales in the third quarter, up from a 7.6 percent share of sales in the prior period. Gartner, meanwhile, pegged Apple's part of the pie at a slightly lower 8.8 percent in the third quarter.
Qosmio G60: Toshiba unleashes new super-laptopToshiba Japan has announced a slew of new and updated notebooks today, and one of them [JP] is a monster of a notebook. The Qosmio G60/97J is basically a high-end computer, digital TV and Blu-ray player rolled into one.
Dynabook MX/43 and MX/33: New netbooks from ToshibaToshiba's 18-4-inch laptop Qosmio G60, which the company announced today, is quite cool, but at $3,200, it may be a bit too pricey for most of us. And sometimes, a smaller laptop does the job, too.
Dynabook TV and TX series: Toshiba to roll out new Blu-ray-powered laptopsToshiba announced a number of laptops [JP] for the Japanese market today, with a high-spec Qosmio and two powerful netbooks among them.
Toshiba signs up for Blu-rayToshiba said Monday it is planning a lineup of products that support the Blu-ray storage format. Toshiba was one of the leading companies behind HD DVD, a standard that lost to Blu-ray.
Best Netbook Yet? Hands-On With the Toshiba NB205We have been seeing better and better looking netbooks, but the Toshiba NB205 is hands-down one of the most stunning we have seen and have had the chance to use. Toshiba is offering two different versions of the NB205.
Toshiba to Ship Higher Capacity Flash Chips From JulyToshiba plans to begin shipping from the middle of this year flash memory chips that are more tightly packed than current models and will make possible even smaller gadgets.
Sandisk and Toshiba Restructure Joint VentureSandisk on Thursday armed itself with financial flexibility, announcing a deal to restructure its chip-manufacturing joint venture with Toshiba.
SD and Memory Stick cards to hit 2TB: What you need to knowThe SD Association -- a global organisation founded by Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba that sets standards for, and promotes, Secure Digital technologies (read: SD cards) -- has announced SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity) technology, which promises SD cards for devices like …
"Zune Bug" Not MS Bug, Actually a Freescale Bug Affecting Toshiba Gigabeats TooEarlier the code for this infamous Zune bug showed up on Digg. This code is actually code written for Freescale's MC13783 PMIC (PDF Whitepaper) and it seems like its affecting other players that have this PMIC like the Gigabeat S Series.
30 Seconds to Boot Up a Laptop? That's 29 Too ManyNEW laptops that boot up in 30 seconds? Too slow for me. Five seconds? Better, but what I want is a machine that's ready in about a second, just like my smartphone.
Blu-ray is deadBlu-ray is in a death spiral. 12 months from now Blu-ray will be a videophile niche, not a mass market product.
Toshiba unveils new battery prototypeToshiba has unveiled a battery prototype that offers a 90 percent charge capacity in just 10 minutes. The Super Charge Ion Battery (SCIB) is capable of handling 5,000 to 6,000 recharge cycles, compared to the typical 500 offered by standard lithium-ion batteries.
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Notebook Includes Facial RecognitionSome of the more innovative software Toshiba included with the A305-S6845 are focused on logging-on faster and easier management of your passwords.
Consumer Reports: Apple #1 in Tech Support || The Mac ObserverThose of us who are already Apple customers know this already, but it's still good to see and hear about it.
Toshiba seeks orders for 4 U.S. nuclear plantsHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Toshiba Corp. is expected to receive orders to build four nuclear power plans in the U.S. in deals worth a combined 1.4 trillion yen ($13.7 billion), according to a Japanese media report Thursday. Toshiba is expected to win orders from Scana Corp.
Apple is greener than Microsoft - Nintendo still likes to suck the mostIn the latest edition of our quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics Samsung and Toshiba share top spot. Nokia misses out on top spot due to a penalty point for inconsistent global takeback.
Put A Nuclear Reactor In Your Basement You could soon have your own personal nuclear reactor, in your basement next to the hot-water heater and your washer/dryer.
Macbook Air: Toshiba Intros 1.8" 120 GB 5,400 RPM Hard DrivePerfect for the Macbook Air. The single biggest problem with the MBA is the slow, 4,200 RPM hard drive. This would help alleviate that quite nicely.
Microsoft Pulls Plug on Xbox 360 HD-DVD PlayersMicrosoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp.
What's the truth about HD (and high cost) T.V. and DVD?The battle's been labelled the biggest in home viewing since the VHS video machine saw off Betamax in the 1980s.
No HD DVD compo: Toshiba AustraliaTOSHIBA Australia has ruled out refunds or compensation to customers and retailers with HD DVD players.
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