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HD DVD-inventor Toshiba has announced report profits for its 2006 fiscal year. Annual sales hit 7.16 trillion Yen, while its operating profit totaled 258 billion Yen. The brand’s semiconductor business jumped 25 per cent, despite an overall fall in price for memory devices, and is responsible for around half of the company’s profit.

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Ken Kutaragi may have announced his retirement from Sony, but the PlayStation 3 inventor isn’t ready to hang up his joystick just yet. Speaking to Electronic Times, his says: “As a matter of course, I have the vision of PlayStation 4, 5 and 6, which will merge into the network. Now I’m ready to start […]

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Adventures with the Zune and Xbox continue to cost Microsoft dearly. The software giant has reported a 20 per cent decline in third-quarter revenue for its entertainment and devices division. Revenue dropped from 1.2 billion dollars to 929 million dollars. In a statement, the company said: “EDD revenue decreased during the three months ended March […]

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The prospect of free-to-air high definition TV broadcasting in the UK moved forward this week with the announcement by the BBC that it plans to launch the Freesat platform early 2008. The venture has been approved by the BBC Trust and will be conducted as a joint venture with ITV.
The proposal is for […]

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Hitachi is to sue Korean rival LG over plasma patents. The brand’s Plasma Patent Licensing division has filed a lawsuit maintaining that LG has violated seven of its patents. Hitachi is seeking an injunction to prevent LG from selling plasma screens in the US. Hitachi says it has been in discussion with LG about licensing […]

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