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...been able to agree on a new DVD format with enough capacity to do the job. Instead, they have broken into two warring camps: the so-called Blu-ray group (established by Sony and endorsed by Philips, Panasonic, Pioneer and Samsung) and the HD DVD Promotion Group (supported by Toshiba, Microsoft and others). So far, that hasn't been a problem for consumers eager to buy DVD players for their big-screen HDTVs because nobody actually sold any players...
...these shanties home, sharing a room with her eight siblings. Then the elderly boss of an Asian logging company took a shine to her. Leslie now has a new house and her own room, where she sleeps with the boss when he visits. It boasts air-conditioning, a new Toshiba television, a dvd player and a stereo. Leslie sits playing video games or watching the satellite shows; she's not so active now she's pregnant with the boss's baby. Her father Joe is coy about how much money he received for letting Leslie set up house with...
...Japan, the homeland of Sony, Toyota and Toshiba, manufacturing is still widely regarded as the only honorable industry. Organic growth is esteemed above all, and many large companies still disdain the idea of mergers and acquisitions. To this day, there has never been a successful hostile takeover in Japan. Horie looked to smash these conventions. Rather than expanding slowly over many years, he discovered he could generate outsized growth by rapidly acquiring smaller, financially weaker prey, typically using Livedoor stock as the currency. He cobbled together an empire by purchasing no less than 50 firms, often with the help...
...high-definition discs are clearly the future. The only question: Which format will become the industry standard, Blu-ray or HD DVD? Technically, they're pretty similar, so it will ultimately depend on what consumers will buy. Judging from CES's offerings, there is plenty to choose from. Both Toshiba and RCA announced they will ship $500 to $800 HD DVD players this spring. Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Pioneer and Philips say they will ship Blu-ray players later this year. But Samsung will be first, with a $1,000 Blu-ray in April...
Follow the Leader Inventor: Toshiba Corp Availability: Prototype only To Learn More: www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/ 2005_05/pr2001.htm Robots may not invade anytime soon, but there's no denying that they're getting smarter. The ball-shaped ApriAlpha uses advanced voice-recognition technology to distinguish between voices coming from different locations. When Alpha hears a voice, it fixes its steely digital-camera eye on the person speaking. The taller ApriAttenda can identify a person in a crowd by the color of his clothes and shape of his body, and then follow its target. It even bleeps when it loses track...