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Article | 17/03/2011 Japanese disaster could affect Apple, say experts
Last weeks' earthquake and tsunami in Japan may put a crimp in Apple's supply of flash memory, but its problem will pale in comparison to smaller firm...
Article | 15/03/2011 Flash, DRAM prices spike on worries over supplies from Japan
Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunam...
Article | 14/03/2011 Power and transport trouble Japanese IT makers after quake
Japan's major electronics companies took stock of their problems on Monday, as the country struggles to come to terms with the scale of devastation fo...
Article | 12/03/2011 Japan quake could hit semiconductor production, prices
Because Japan produces more than 40% of the world's NAND flash memory chips -- and 15% of its DRAM -- the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit today coul...
Article | 14/03/2011 Japan facing major electricity supply problems, blackouts
A series of planned electricity blackouts will begin rolling through regions in most of eastern Japan on Monday. The blackouts are intended to manage ...
Article | 13/03/2011 Rolling blackouts, tsunami damage try Japanese companies
A day after Japan's biggest earthquake ever caused widespread destruction and as-yet uncounted deaths, Japan's biggest electronics companies are tryin...
Article | 8/03/2011 With Hitachi buy, Western Digital moves further ahead of rivals
If its proposed acquisition of Hitachi GST is successful, Western Digital will immediately gain status in the hard disk drive (HDD) enterprise market,...
Article | 4/03/2011 iPad 2 alternatives: The state of the tablet competition
Apple's practical and evolutionary iPad 2 will be the cheapest and most refined tablet on the market when it launches March 11, but it's not for every...
Article | 3/03/2011 Analyst: Market for 3D TVs, portables to grow in 2011
Sales of 3D television sets and handheld devices will surge this year after a weak start in 2010 as manufacturers step up production and marketing, an...
Article | 23/02/2011 Analyst: HP, Motorola to move in on Apple's mobile PC share
Apple Computer stands to lose its No. 1 rank in mobile PC sales this year as Hewlett-Packard and even Motorola eat into its market share, research fir...
Article | 22/02/2011 Rising oil prices could push up price of electronics, R&D
Rising world oil prices threaten to raise the cost of consumer electronics and slow development by forcing Asian manufacturers to spend more on transp...
Article | 17/02/2011 Toshiba shows off Android 3.0 tablet
Toshiba joined the likes of Samsung and Motorola and unveiled a 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablet at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Arriving...
Article | 15/02/2011 Toshiba to bring tablet PC to Europe, Middle East
Toshiba will launch its upcoming tablet computer in Europe and the Middle East in addition to North America, it said Tuesday.
Article | 8/02/2011 SSD array vendor Violin gets $35M in funding
In a sign of the times for solid-state drive (SSD) popularity, Violin Memory today announced that it has received $35 million in series B investment f...
Article | 25/01/2011 New Toshiba tablet includes replaceable battery
Toshiba will launch a tablet later this year that includes a 10.1-inch screen and a replaceable battery, according to a company website previewing the...