Tom Krazit
Jan 11, 2012 3:47 PM
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a year later this week at CES 2012, would-be iPad competitors are keeping a low profile with a few key partners still not ready to…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 15, 2010 6:30 PM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple’s efforts are getting more attention, but Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) continues to plug away at the connected TV market. Yahoo says that Toshiba will now distribute its TV widgets—which let people interact with internet content, like photos from Flickr or news from the NYT, while watching…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 26, 2008 2:30 PM
Toshiba makes portable memory cards and NCR makes kiosks, so it stands to reason that the two would love to see the tenuous idea of content kiosks take off… Hence the pair have invested a total of $35 million in MOD Systems, which makes a content management platform for such…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 19, 2008 9:21 PM
Toshiba made official today what essentially has been reality since Warner Bros. announced just before CES that it was opting for Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) Blu-Ray over the HD-DVD format. NYT: Toshiba CEO Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at a news conference at Toshiba’s headquarters in Tokyo: “The sudden change by Warner…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 19, 2008 6:56 AM
The reports were right on: Toshiba is quitting the HD DVD business, leaving Blu-ray as the last format standing. The recent history is well known, as Blu-ray has racked up an impressive string of wins, both from studios and electronics retailers, leaving HD DVD with little room to maneuver. Toshiba…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 17, 2008 8:53 PM
With various reports all but confirming the end of the high-def format wars, HD DVD backer Toshiba is getting rewarded for giving up. Shares of Toshiba are up over 5 percent in Japanese trading following the news, and analysts have weighed in with positive comments on the stock, according to…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 17, 2008 1:46 AM
Toshiba is about to give up on its HD DVD format after a string of major setbacks, reports Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) and WSJ, citing sources. Thus ends the grueling battle dating back several years on the HD DVD vs Blu-Ray formats for the next generation DVDs. Reuters quotes local agency…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 15, 2008 8:32 AM
See update below: This would be a big blow for HD DVD, if true: THR reports, citing unidentified industry sources, that Toshiba may soon pull the plug on HD DVD, in response to the wave of companies that have gone Blu-Ray only. Of course, Toshiba is the primary CE backer…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 14, 2008 4:00 PM
Now, Toshiba is fighting back—a week after the death-bed stories, if not obits, in response, first, to Warner Bros.‘s embrace of Blu-Ray from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and then to Universal’s decision not to date HD DVD exclusively. The consumer electronics company, which has placed a large bet on HD DVD…
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