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• Toshiba reports Q3 loss, revises down outlook

  Toshiba expects to record its first loss in seven years this year as a result of the global economic problems and the strong yen, it said Thursday.

• Report: Toshiba to postpone flash-chip plant construction

  Toshiba will delay by one year the construction of two chip plants in Japan as a result of the poor global economic conditions and continued low prices for flash memory chips, according to a Tuesday morning report by Japanese public broadcaster NHK.

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  New Wireless Standard Gets Big Name Backing

  TransferJet wireless capability is getting closer to reality. The technology, which is being developed by major camera makers Sony, Olympus, Canon, Kodak, Nikon, is intended to make it easier for to transfer your images between devices wirelessly.

• Toshiba's Cell TV Ups the HD Ante

  Today, 1080p is the top of the line for HDTVs, but it certainly isn't as high as high-definition can go. Toshiba's new super-resolution Cell TV features four times the resolution as typical 1080p sets.

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  Toshiba, Hitachi show gesture-controlled TVs

  We're all used to hitting the power button to switch on our television but could a wave do it in the future? Both Hitachi and Toshiba are demonstrating motion sensing televisions at this week's Consumer Electronics Show and say they could be on the m...

• Toshiba shows its first TransferJet prototypes

  The first prototypes from Toshiba based on TransferJet, a short-range, high-speed wireless data transmission system intended as a replacement for cables, are on show at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

• Toshiba invokes SD cards to battle Blu-ray

  A new service to dispense digital content, which involves using self-service kiosks to download movies and music to flash memory cards, was jointly announced by a group of companies including Toshiba on Thursday.

• Toshiba 512G-byte solid-state drives due soon

  Toshiba said Thursday that it will soon offer samples of 512G-byte solid-state drives, which could make their way to laptops and other devices by mid- or late next year.

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  October's coolest gadgets

  October began, as it always does, with Japan's biggest electronics show: Ceatec. The show attracted a little over 196,000 visitors who got a chance to see the best of the Japanese electronics industry, including some exciting new prototypes of device...

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  Toshiba to ship 256GB solid-state drives in October

  Toshiba will ship a 256G-byte solid-state drive for laptops next month, likely beating rival Samsung Electronics to market in their race to offer high-capacity drives.

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  Toshiba shows prototype fast-charging laptop battery

  Toshiba showed off a prototype of its fast-charging SCiB battery designed for laptops on Tuesday, but said the technology is still a ways off from making its way into computers.

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  Toshiba puts DMFC in a mobile phone

  Toshiba has put a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) inside a mobile phone, but commercial availability of the technology isn't expected soon.