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LG and Hitachi join forces for clean water initiative

, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Both Hitachi Plant Technologies and LG Electronics have expressed their love for the environment and have teamed up to bring a brand new water treatment company to the forefront, this company starting up operations on the first of February, 2012. This new company will be named LH-Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd., and will play what they hope is a significant role in the rapidly growing industry of water treatment. What we're hoping is that this will also bring more attention to the face that, believe it or not, not everyone in the world has access to safe and clean water, this being one of the biggest reasons why disease still runs rampant throughout the earth. Read The Full Story

Hitachi moves LCD TV production away from Japan

, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Hitachi and many of the other LCD TV firms in the tech world are having a hard time making the money the segment once turned. The problem is that the purchase of TVs is sagging, and the industry is still recovering in the wake of the price fixing fines that totaled hundreds of millions of dollars. Hitachi has announced today that it will be moving its LCD TV production outside of Japan. Read The Full Story

Samsung, Sharp, and other LCD makers paying $553 million to settle price fixing claims

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

LCD makers Samsung, Sharp and five other manufacturers have agreed to pay $553 million to settle a multi-state class action lawsuit accusing the companies of price fixing. The lawsuit alleged that the companies conspired to inflate prices for LCD displays used in TVs, notebook computers, and computer monitors between 1996 and 2006. Read The Full Story

Hitachi GST 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 Hard Drive and Touro Desk External Drive revealed

, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

The fine folks at Hitachi have revealed a couple of new models in their hard drive line this week, one of which is the 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 Hard Drive retail kit with CoolSpin Technology, the other being the Touro Desk external drive, both of these units available in the first quarter of 2012 at the earliest. In that your hard drive still remains the place where your do everything from watch movies to edit movies to save your everloving homework assignments, the cloud hasn't quite completely taken over the industry for the bulk of us regular citizens. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies brings to you today two drives at right around $400 USD and a massive 4TB of space for fun. Read The Full Story

Sony and Hitachi 4-inch iPhone 5 LCDs shipping say insiders

, Nov 28th 2011 Discuss [28]

Whispers of a larger touchscreen for the iPhone 5 continue, with Hitachi and Sony tipped to have already begun shipping 4-inch LCD panels for a new Apple iOS device. Although the supply chain sources speaking Japanese site Macotakara did not specifically confirm that the 4-inch display is for the sixth-gen iPhone, the suggestion fits with leaks earlier in the month.

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Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi display operations merger is official

, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

The display industry is hard hit today with prices dropping and demand down. The companies that were planning to expand have killed those plans and some firms are looking to exit the market. Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi have all finalized a plan that will see them merging their respective display units. The deal has now been finalized and will result in a new company. Read The Full Story

Hitachi affordable 720p HD 4.5-inch smartphone display outed

, Sep 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

True HD smartphones could become more common and more affordable in the near future, with Hitachi announcing a new 4.5-inch IPS LCD panel running at 1280 x 720. The amorphous silicon-based TFT promises to be cheaper than existing high-res smartphone panels, which have generally used low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) to bypass issues with the extra wiring necessary for 720p HD and above resolutions. It's a panel fit for Apple, indeed, running at a Retina Display besting 329ppi. Read The Full Story

G-Technology by Hitachi throws dual drive 8TB RAID Thunderbolt external HDD onto market

, Sep 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

It's no surprise that G-Technology by Hitachi has unveiled a new external HDD today that has 8TB of storage inside. Seagate unveiled its own 4TB external yesterday and it's normal for others to come out with similar gear shortly thereafter. The G-Technology drive has some really cool features though and looks like it was meant to coordinate with a Mac style wise. The drive is called the G-RAID and as you might guess, it has a pair of HDDs inside. Read The Full Story

Hitachi GST unveils 1TB per platter HDDs

, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has started to ship its latest HDD called the Deskstar 7K1000.D globally. The coolest thing about the new HDD is that the drive has 1TB of storage space crammed onto a single platter. The HDD comes in both Deskstar and CinemaStar flavors with a storage capacity for the line of 250GB - 1TB in versions that spin at 7,200 RPM and low-RPM CoolSpin versions. Read The Full Story

Hitachi To Stop TV Production By Year-End

, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

It's been a tough year for TV manufacturers, with the sector reporting major losses across the board, especially among the Japanese TV manufacturers. Sony recently announced restructuring its money-losing TV business, and now just a day after, Hitachi has announced that it, too, will be making some changes, which include shutting down its TV production operations in Japan before the end of the year. Read The Full Story

Hitachi shows off new 4.5-inch 3D glasses-free LCD for mobile devices

, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has announced a new small screen that is sure to find its way onto smartphones and other portable gadgets in the coming months. The new screen is 4.5-inches wide and supports 3D content. The screen needs no glasses for viewing the 3D content either and it has HD resolution so you can watch the HD content you like too. That HD resolution is as interesting as the 3D tech to me. Read The Full Story

G-Connect wireless storage for iPad also gives WiFi access to iPhone, iPad, and more

, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are a user of the iPad or other Apple gear Hitachi has outted a new product that looks interesting in the G-Technology by Hitachi line called the G-Connect. The G-Connect is a wireless storage solution that promises to be the first in a new line of many products for the family. The G-Connect solution needs no internet access to connect to your Apple iPhone or iPad, allow you to access, and stream your personal media. Read The Full Story

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