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NEWS ABOUT: Toshiba

Toshiba stories: 14 news summaries
tech review

 Toshiba's First  
 Netbook Is a Step Up 

Boasts big keyboard and touchpad, long battery

Aug 6, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toshiba, late to enter the low-end but lucrative netbook field, has finally rolled out its $400 entry, and Walter Mossberg finds that it beats competitors by solving several key problems: It boasts an easy-to-use keyboard, a long-lasting battery, and a large touchpad with big buttons. “The keyboard design resembles... More »

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Walt Mossberg • Toshiba • laptop • Netbooks • tech review

MARKETS

 Asia, Europe 
 Follow US Rally 

Nikkei posts biggest gain in 6 weeks

Mar 11, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's big day on Wall Street sparked a bull run on Asian markets today, with the Nikkei posting its biggest rise in 6 weeks, Reuters reports. The Tokyo exchange surged 4.6% off a 26-year closing low, with Toshiba and other tech stocks leading advances. Markets in Europe opened down... More »

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Nikkei • Asian markets • bull market • Toshiba • Dow

 Laptop Sales Zip Past Desktops 

Netbook drives up laptop sales

Dec 24, 08 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The demand for Acer Netbooks has pushed laptop sales beyond desktop PC sales for the first time ever, CNET reports. Notebook PC shipments rose almost 40% for the third quarter of 2008 to 38.6 million units, while desktop sales slipped 1.3% to 38.5 million. Hewlett-Packard remains the... More »

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Dell • PCs • Toshiba • Acer • desktop computers • Netbooks • laptops • notebooks • Hewlett-Packard

Intel Sets Bar High with SSDs

Companys says it will launch 80-160GB solid state chips in the second-quarter

Mar 8, 08 10:43 AM CST
(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... More »

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

DreamWorks in Limbo over HD DVD Format

Movie maker says it has 'an obligation' to  stick with Toshiba's HD DVD

Feb 27, 08 12:34 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Toshiba Throws in HD Towel

Rival Blu-ray wins the battle of high-def movie formats

Feb 19, 08 3:30 AM CST
(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,... More »

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

Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

Sales, studio defections indicate fat lady may have sung

Feb 17, 08 2:08 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Porn Goes
Both Ways in HD Format War

Cheaper HD DVD production counters Blu-Ray's victories

Jan 17, 08 6:01 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

Price cuts, ad blitz attempt to counter Blu-ray's advances

Jan 14, 08 4:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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

HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

Despite Warner Bros. exit, company says format hasn't lost

Jan 7, 08 6:24 AM CST
(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 • Toshiba • Blu ray • Consumer Electronics Show

Toshiba to Make Solid-State
PC Disks

Joins competitors in effort to create demand for flash memory

Dec 10, 07 3:05 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

Competing HD-DVD and Blu-Ray makers drop prices under $200

Nov 23, 07 10:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Format Wars Rage in High Definition

Blu-ray and HD DVD
slug it out to become next-gen movie media

Sep 9, 07 12:59 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

High-definition format war takes a new turn
as player prices fall

Aug 21, 07 9:23 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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