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  • March 2008

    • Intel Sets Bar High with SSDs

      CNET  |  Mar 8, 08 10:43 AM CST

      Intel Sets Bar High with SSDs

      (Newser) - Intel will bring a bigger—and faster—solid state drive to market in the second quarter that will heat up the competition between chipmakers and launch a new generation of laptops and PCs based on SSDs rather than hard drives, reports CNET. Intel’s 80-160GB SSDs are twice as fast as current hard drives and outpace rival Samsung’s 100mbs SSD. More »

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      Intel  • Samsung  • Toshiba  • computer hardware  • SanDisk  • NAND chips  • solid state drives  • flash memory

  • February 2008

    • DreamWorks in Limbo over HD DVD Format

      Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 12:34 PM CST

      DreamWorks in Limbo over HD DVD Format

      (Newser) - Despite the fact that Toshiba lost its war with Sony’s Blu-ray disc technology, DreamWorks Animation says it plans to release its upcoming movies in the HD DVD format, unless it hears otherwise from Toshiba, Reuters reports. DreamWorks’ “Bee Movie” is scheduled for release in March. The studio said it asked the Japanese manufacturer “What would you like us to do?” More »

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      movie  • Sony  • DreamWorks  • HD DVD  • Toshiba  • Blu-ray

    • Toshiba Throws in HD Towel

      Associated Press  |  Feb 19, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Toshiba Throws in HD Towel

      (Newser) - Toshiba is quitting the HD DVD player business after taking a licking in the protracted market competition, the company announced today. Toshiba's exit, which leaves Blu-ray's technology alone at the vanguard of digital video, comes after Warner Brothers joined the crowd of Blu-ray backers, leaving HD DVD in the cold, AP reports. More »

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      Sony  • Warner Brothers  • HD DVD  • Toshiba  • high definition  • Blu-ray

    • Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

      PC World  |  Feb 17, 08 2:08 PM CST

      Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

      (Newser) - Toshiba has temporarily halted production of players and movies in the HD DVD format, and is contemplating dropping the format altogether, PC World reports. The move would cost the company tens of billions of dollars, but the defection of several studios and retailers to the rival Blu-Ray format has left HD DVD’s future very much in doubt. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • Warner Brothers  • HD DVD  • Netflix  • Toshiba  • high definition  • Blu-Ray

  • January 2008

    • Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War

      DailyTech  |  Jan 17, 08 6:01 PM CST

      Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War

      (Newser) - The adult film industry cast a deciding vote in the VHS/Betamax tape format wars of the ‘80s, and porn may yet influence the hi-def contest between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, Daily Tech writes. But currently the industry is split between the popular view that the U.S. film industry is shifting toward a Blu-Ray, and the economic advantages they still find in HD DVD. More »

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      movie  • pornography  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba

    • Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

      MarketWatch  |  Jan 14, 08 4:10 PM CST

      Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

      (Newser) - Toshiba is stepping up efforts to keep HD DVD a contender in the battle between high-def formats, the company said today. Toshiba will cut prices and increase advertising, reports MarketWatch. It's battling rival Sony’s Blu-ray technology, which doubled HD DVD's US sales last year and scored a major win recently when Warner Bros. said it would go exclusively Blu-ray. More »

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      Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • high definition

    • HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

      Reuters  |  Jan 7, 08 6:24 AM CST

      HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

      (Newser) - Toshiba executives claim the company's HD DVD platform hasn't yet lost the heated format war, despite the recent announcement from Warner Bros. that the studio will release film titles exclusively in the rival Blu-Ray format. Backers of the HD DVD format will exhibit their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show. More »

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      HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Consumer Electronics Show  • Toshiba

  • December 2007

    • Toshiba to Make Solid-State PC Disks

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 3:05 PM CST

      Toshiba to Make Solid-State PC Disks

      (Newser) - Toshiba will start making flash-based solid-state drives for laptops, the company said Monday. The Japanese memory chip maker is trying to create more demand for flash chips, reports Reuters . Solid-state drives, which offer a faster boot-up than hard disk drives, are used in portable devices, but aren't mainstream yet in PCs due to their high cost. More »

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      Samsung  • Toshiba  • Micron Technology  • hard drives  • flash  • SanDisk  • solid state drives

  • November 2007

    • Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 23, 07 10:45 AM CST

      Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

      (Newser) - Sales of high-definition DVD players have been languishing because customers were unwilling to choose one of the two competing formats—Blu-ray or HD DVD. But this holiday season may change that, with retailers dropping prices from upward of $400 to under $200, reports the Wall Street Journal . And Wal-Mart fueld the nascent  price war by offering an older model of a Toshiba player for under $98.89. More »

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      Microsoft  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • Panasonic

  • September 2007

    • Format Wars Rage in High Definition

      Economist  |  Sep 9, 07 12:59 PM CDT

      Format Wars Rage in High Definition

      (Newser) - Meet the new VHS and Betamax. It’s unclear who’s winning consumer tech’s latest format wars, the Economist explains, but both Blu-ray and HD DVD claim to be the high-def successor to the DVD. The cheaper HD DVD sells more stand-alone players, but Blu-ray sells more disks and is supported by Sony’s PlayStation 3. More »

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      movie  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • high definition

  • August 2007

    • Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 21, 07 9:23 AM CDT

      Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

      (Newser) - The face-off between two standards for high-definition DVDs took a new turn yesterday as Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary DreamWorks dropped support of Sony's Blu-ray format. Starting this week, the studios will distribute new discs exclusively in the HD DVD format, which is supported by Toshiba and functions on less expensive players, the LA Times reports. More »

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      movie  • film  • Sony  • DreamWorks  • HD DVD  • DVD  • Paramount Pictures  • Blu ray  • Toshiba

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