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The State of Tech in Japan’s Recovery

Chris Davies, Mar 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

We've already written about the terrifying situation in Japan this past week, and how SlashGear readers can help the ongoing aid effort. Now, Japanese manufacturers are beginning to add up the impact the earthquake and tsunami have had on tech production, affected both by physical damage to facilities as well as ongoing power shortages and transportation break-down. Components used in everything from Apple's iPad 2 through digital cameras, mobile devices and computers have been impacted, with some estimates putting recovery several quarters out. Read on for more details. Read The Full Story

Western Digital buys Hitachi GST in huge $4.3bn deal

Chris Davies, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Western Digital has just announced a huge deal that will see the hard-drive company acquire arch rival Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for a whopping $4.3bn. The deal - expected to close within Q3 2011 - will comprise $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million WD common shares valued at $750 million, along with a pair of Hitachi execs added to the WD board of directors. Read The Full Story

Hitachi Announces 4.5-inch Display That May Rival Apple’s Retina Display

Rue Liu, Feb 11th 2011 Discuss [6]

Hitachi has developed a new high-definition LCD display for smartphones that has a pixel density slightly higher than that of Apple's much touted Retina Display. The screen’s resolution will be so close to what is perceptible to the human eye that you will not be able to distinguish individual pixels. Read The Full Story

Hitachi unveils new CinemaStar HDDs for AV use

Shane McGlaun, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hitachi has unveiled a new HDD that is specifically aimed at the AV market. The new HDDs include a 2.5-inch units and new 3.5-inch units that are all aimed at DVRs, video surveillance and other uses for digital video recording. The 3.5-inch HDDs are the CinemaStar 5K2000 family. Read The Full Story

Hitachi outs new 7mm thick 500GB single disk HDD

Shane McGlaun, Dec 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

One of the things that will allow us to get more storage capacity inside our small and thin ultraportable devices and netbooks is thinner hard drives. Hitachi has announced a new HDD that is a typical 2.5-inch notebook form factor that is crazy thin at only 7mm thick. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: December 14 2010

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Get pumped up with caution! Why? Because they may have found a cure for Aids. Remember though, this study has provided ONE success - not like we've discovered aliens here. Learn after that, if you're a parent how to use technology. Take a peek at final details of Nexus S sales at Best Buy on opening day. Get Lotus Notes on your Android. Get Android 2.3 Gingerbread on your Nexus One. Get futuristic with KAIST selling eight HUBO 2 robots to US and Singapore and get prepared for a wacky day here on the R3 Media Network. Believe that. Read The Full Story

Hitachi 3TB HDD ships to OEM

Shane McGlaun, Dec 14th 2010 Discuss [1]

One of the reasons to move from 32-bit to 64-bit versions of an operating system is to allow the computer to see more memory. Hitachi has announced that its massive 3TB HDDs are now shipping to OEMs and system builders for use in computer systems. This 3TB HDD is the first to break the 2.2TB storage barrier on a 32-bit Windows XP computer with no additional hardware according to Hitachi. Read The Full Story

New Hitachi touchscreen tech could make gloves iPad-compatible

Chris Davies, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi's latest capacitive touchscreen is getting next-gen iPad soothsayers excited, since the new panel offers all the multitouch benefits of the company's current models but also works through gloves and even with a plastic stylus. According to TechOn, the new projection-capacitive touchscreen allows everything from fingertip icon control, stylus handwriting input and winter use of gadgets without having to first shuck your gloves. Read The Full Story

G-Technology debuts slim G-Drive external HDD

Shane McGlaun, Nov 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

When it comes to external storage that you will take with you on the road most of us want the drive to offer good storage capacity, but to be compact as well so it's easy to carry. A company called G-Technology has unveiled a new external storage solution called the G-Drive that is very thin at only 128.6mm L x 82mm W x 9.9mm H. Read The Full Story

Hitachi unveils new Ultrastar C10K600 enterprise HDD

Shane McGlaun, Oct 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has pulled the wraps off a new enterprise class HDD that is claimed to be the industry's fastest and most power-efficient 10,000 rpm enterprise class HDD. The drive spins at 10,000 rpm and uses the 6Gb/s SAS interface. The drive is a small 2.5-inch drive with up to 600GB of storage capacity. Read The Full Story

Hitachi Showcases IPS Display for Tablets Featuring 302ppi

Evan Selleck, Oct 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi used their time at CEATEC this year to showcase a brand new 6.6-inch display, which is primarily meant for tablets. And while seeing another IPS-based display may not be the highlight of the show, Hitachi did manage to surprise quite a few people with the similarities between their new screen, and the Retina Display that Apple unveiled a few months ago, with the launch of the iPhone 4. Hitachi's new display packs in the ppi, and makes a tablet's resolution something to drool over. Read The Full Story

Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 750GB 7,200rpm 2.5-inch drive breaks capacity records

Chris Davies, Oct 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

Laptop-sized 2.5-inch hard-drives are gradually catching up to their bigger brethren when it comes to storage capacity, with Hitachi unveiling the industry's largest to-date. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 packs 750GB into two 9.5mm platters spinning at 7,200rpm, and has a a 16MB buffer and 3Gb/s SATA interface. Read The Full Story