Toshiba News

Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. and Asustek Computer Inc. will unveil tablets running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system next week, people with knowledge of the matter said, challenging the dominance of Apple Inc.

Tokyo, Japan, September 26, 2011 -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that its Italian power systems subsidiary, Ansaldo Transmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A , has won a contract to supply a key element of a smart grid system to Rome-based ACEA Distribuzione S.p.A , one of Italy's leading public utilities.

Toshiba Corp. will become the top shareholder in South Korea's Unison Co., increasing its interest in the tie-up partner to 34% next month.

Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it will take a 34 percent stake in Korean wind turbine maker Unison We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data.

Toshiba Corp. is providing the Louvre with LED lights to illuminate some of its most renowned works of art, including Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Work to replace the French museum's lights is scheduled to be completed next May.

During a briefing session in Tokyo last week, Toshiba Corp president and CEO Norio Sasaki laid out the company's plans for its semiconductor/storage business .

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday that they have won an order to supply four trains totaling 48 cars as well as electrical equipment for Taiwan's high-speed rail network.

Announced at the 25th Toshiba Sales and Service Meeting in Hawaii, Computer Room Services Corporation received the 2011 Top Authorized Service Provider Canada award for uninterruptible power supply systems.

TOKYO, May 24 -- _ ---------- Toshiba to light up Mona Lisa TOKYO - Toshiba Corp.

Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp said on Thursday it will tie up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co in the microchip business as it struggles to keep up with aggressive competitors while racking up heavy losses.

Lawyers for a trio of tech defendants and their joint licensing venture scored a major victory on Monday when San Francisco U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White concluded that consumers of flash memory cards waited too long to sue over an alleged price-fixing scheme.

Toshiba Corp. conspired with rivals to fix the price of display screens, forcing businesses and consumers to pay more for televisions and laptop computers, a U.S. jury was told at the start of an antitrust trial.

May 21, 2012 - Japanese Toshiba Corp and eight more domestic firms unveiled the launch of a smart grid demonstration study project in the US state of New Mexico.

Toshiba Corporation today announced that its Italian power systems subsidiary, Ansaldo Transmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A , has won a contract to supply a key element of a smart grid system to Rome-based ACEA Distribuzione S.p.A , one of Italy's leading public utilities.

Tokyo, May 18 --As the government decided Friday to set electricity-saving targets for firms and households in many parts of Japan this summer to deal with expected supply shortages, a number of companies are considering measures to cut their consumption.

Japan's economy grew 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to the rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast region, solid consumer spending and recovering exports.

Western Digital Corp. today announced that it has completed its divestiture of certain 3.5-inch hard drive assets to Toshiba Corporation, as required by regulatory agencies that conditionally approved the company's completed acquisition of Viviti Technologies Ltd.

New Delhi, May 17 : Japanese electronics firm Toshiba today launched its first full high-definition 3D smart television in India, at a starting price of Rs 75,990. "The launch of our first 3D Smart-TV is sure to catapult Toshiba into a new dimension of interactive consumer entertainment," Toshiba India Director Tengguo Wu said.

Toshiba Corp. rose the most in seven months in Tokyo trading after saying it will no longer produce televisions in Japan , as falling prices and the strong yen erode earnings at the company's unprofitable TV-making unit.

TOKYO, May 17 -- _ Toshiba Corp. has terminated domestic production of televisions, company officials said Thursday, withdrawing from a market in which Japanese companies face severe competition from South Korean rivals amid the strong yen.