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• Toshiba to launch 3D-capable laptop in July

  Toshiba is set to become the first PC maker to put a 3D-capable Blu-ray Disc laptop on sale, it said Monday.

• Europe fines nine chipmakers €331M over price fixing

  European antitrust regulators fined nine semiconductor manufacturers more than €331 million (US$404 million) on Wednesday following a years-long investigation into price fixing in the market for DRAM memory chips.

• Toshiba slashes losses, eyes a return to profits this year

  Toshiba managed to recover from deep losses of two years ago and moved close to break-even in the year to March, it said Friday. The company reported smaller losses or better profits at all of its key business units despite an across-the-board drop in sales.

• Toshiba cuts loss forecast for year just ended

  Toshiba has cut by more than half the amount of money it expects to have lost in the financial year just ended.

• Toshiba laptop debuts Intel's WiDi tech

  The little-known but potentially important Intel Windows Display (WiDi) wireless technology has turned up in the latest Toshiba laptop, the Satellite A660.

• Dell sues five LCD makers for alleged price-fixing

  Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD makers that charges them with colluding to fix prices for products, a Dell spokesman said Monday.

• Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

  A home electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi Ltd. and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of colluding to fix prices in the U.S. optical disc drive (ODD) market.

• Toshiba unveils its TG02 smartphone

  Toshiba's update on its TG01 multimedia smartphone has made a quiet debut at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.

• Toshiba cuts sales targets on continued weakness

  Toshiba cut its full-year sales predictions on Friday as a result of continued weakness in the global economy.

• PC shipments jump in the fourth quarter, IDC says

  Worldwide PC shipments soared during the fourth quarter, driven by historically low PC prices and an increased demand for laptops and netbooks, analyst firm IDC said Wednesday

• IBM still leads in patents, Microsoft maintains No. 3 spot and Cisco gains 30%

  IBM garnered 4914 U.S. patents in 2009, setting an all-time high for Big Blue and maintaining its lead against competitors such as Samsung with 3611 patents and Microsoft with 2906.

• New Intel Atom processors: smaller and more efficient

  Intel unveiled a trio of new Atom processors and a new chipset today. The new Intel chips will enable hardware vendors to create smaller, cooler, more power efficient netbooks and nettops (the desktop equivalent of a netbook).

• Wireless docking with Toshiba's new Dynadock

  Anyone who's ever used a laptop docking station quickly sees the advantage of being able to plug into multiple peripherals (keyboard, mouse, large-screen monitor, USB drive, printer, etc.) with a single connection.

• CEATEC: Toshiba shows first TV based on Cell chip

  Hoping to set itself apart from other television makers, Toshiba will soon put on sale in Japan the first television based on the powerful Cell multimedia processor, the same chip that's used in the PlayStation 3. The Cell Regza TV boasts several advanced features including the ability to simultaneously record eight high-definition channels.

• Researchers ready $30 fuel cell mobile phone recharger

  Taiwanese researchers have built a new mobile-phone recharger based on fuel cell technology they say will cost little once manufacturing partners are on board.