The U.S. Department of Justice announced that three executives from Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) have agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the United States for their participation in a series of conspiracies to rig bids and fix prices for the sale of optical disc drives.
Hitachi GST announced two new 4TB DeskStar-based hard disk drives (HDDs), the Deskstar 5K4000 internal kit ($399.99) and Touro Desk external ($419.99) models.
One-Blue, LLC announced that Dell Inc. has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.
One-Blue, LLC announced that LG Electronics has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.
One-Blue, LLC announced that JVC KENWOOD Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $21.1 million criminal fine for its participation in a series of conspiracies to rig bids and fix prices for the sale of optical disc drives.
One-Blue, LLC announced that Hewlett-Packard (HP) has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.
CyberLink announced that it is part of the One-Blue, LLC Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent pool, which launched its licensing program on April 1, 2011.
The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that its authorized licensor, Toshiba, has filed a demand for arbitration to collect royalties allegedly due under the DVD6C patent license with ChangZhou XingQiu Electric Co., Ltd. (China).
IHS iSuppli offered further commentary on the possible impact the earthquake in Japan may have on the price and supply of NAND flash memory, DRAM, microcontrollers, standard logic, LCD panels and LCD parts and materials.
IHS iSuppli offered its commentary on Western Digital’s purchase of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST).