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Toshiba gives up on Japanese tellies
According to Reuters, it is the second manufacturer to walk away from Japan. The company which sounds like a sneeze, Hitachi also walked away citing a strong yen. -
Sony, Panasonic's TV businesses in crisis
“Too much of their costs are in yen," Raikes said. "It is a problem for Japan inc, just look at the problems for most of the Japanese consumer electronics companies. -
Hitachi exec pays up for price fixing
An executive who worked for the company which sounds like a sneeze, with Hitachi-LG Data Storage, has agreed to plead guilty and serve a prison sentence for price fixing. -
Email could die in 10 years, Hitachi Data Systems says
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has introduced its HUS (Hitachi Unified Storage) family of products and claimed that it now offers the entire spectrum of integrated storage devices covering the largest to the smallest enterprise. -
Sony plans 10,000 job cuts
According to the sources, Sony plans to either shed or spin off businesses it doesn't think are central to the company. For example, it will sell its chemical products busiess to the Development Bank of Japan, the WSJ reports. -
Micron front runner to buy Elpida shares
RumourElpida is facing bids from chip companies after racking up $5.5 billion in debts and being unable to pay them. It announced its bankruptcy late last month and was quickly dumped by old friend Hitachi, which sold off all its shares in the company. -
Western Digital completes Hitachi buy out
The thinning out of the HD herd has finished today with Western Digital announcing it has snapped up Hitachi Global Storage Technology to the tune of $3.9bn and 25 million shares of Western Digital Corporation stock, worth another $0.9 billion. -
Western Digital strangely unworried by SSDs
CeBit 2012Western Digital is obviously not shying away from HDD production. The firm is about to announce the final details of its $4.5 billion deal to take over Hitachi. -
FTC sticks spanner into Hitachi Global Storage buy
The US FTC is going to force Western Digital to sell off assets if it wants to buy Hitachi Global Storage. -
HDD business to become Mexican standoff
AnalysisWestern Digital, on the other hand, will see final approval on the acquisition of Hitachi GST (née IBM), bar freak accidents, later this month, but has been forced to find a buyer for part of its 3.5-inch HDD business to see approval from market regulators. -
Hitachi dumps Elpida shares
Elpida is finding out who it's friends are. It's been dumped by old pal Hitachi, which has sold its 4.7 percent share in the company. -
Hitachi claims it has the fastest Ultrabook HDD
It seems that before mechanical HDDs give their last hurrah, some companies will still push the envelope in terms of engineering. Hitachi has launched a revamped version of its Travelstar Z7K500 slim 2.5-inch HDD, tailored to the needs of the Ultrabook. -
Intel’s Itanic is close to the end
CommentIn the last week we reported how the Itanium Solutions page, hosted by Intel has been disappeared with virtually no traces left. The ISA, launched to fanfare in 2005 - had as members Intel, HP, NEC, SGI, Unisys, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell, Oracle, SAP and SAS - as reported by ZD Ne -
LCD makers cough up antitrust pay-out
Under the arrangement Samsung pays $240 million, Sharp $115.5 million, Chimei Innolux, $110.3 million, Hitachi Displays pays $39 million, HannStar Display, $25.7 million; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd, $5.3 million, and Epson Imaging Devices $2.9 million. -
Hitachi-LG execs facing jail time over price-fixing
South Korean execs at a joint Hitachi and LG venture have pleaded guilty to charges of price fixing. -
Hitachi GST ships 'fastest' enterprise hard drives
Hitachi GST is beating its chest about the Ultrastar C10K900 enterprise drive family. The kit is shipping now, and the company claims it's the fastest around. -
Panel industry top dogs Chimei, AUO move closer to merger
A similar situation has cropped up in Japan where Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba have teamed up with Japanese authorities to stay competitive. -
Notebook prices rise as Thai floods damage industry
As we reported earlier this month, Western Digital has had to shut down its Thai plants - not as a direct result of the flooding but because component manufacturers have been hit hard by the situation.
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