A man walks past an advertisement board of Toshiba at an electronic shop in Tokyo October 30, 2009. Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chipmaker, said its semiconductor operations sprang back to a quarterly profit on cost cuts and more stable prices, and it said it aimed to lift its annual outlook. Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

A man walks past an advertisement board of Toshiba at an electronic shop in Tokyo October 30, 2009. Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chipmaker, said its semiconductor operations sprang back to a quarterly profit on cost cuts and more stable prices, and it said it aimed to lift its annual outlook.

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  1. Toshiba's laptop is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo October 30, 2009. Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chipmaker, said its semiconductor operations sprang back to a quarterly profit on cost cuts and more stable prices, and it said it aimed to lift its annual outlook.
  2. A man walks past an advertisement board of Toshiba at an electronic shop in Tokyo October 30, 2009. Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chipmaker, said its semiconductor operations sprang back to a quarterly profit on cost cuts and more stable prices, and it said it aimed to lift its annual outlook.
  3. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba employee displays the handheld electronic gadget, a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery 'Dynario' for the external power source for digital products such as a mobile phone or iPod at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Toshiba will start selling Dynario from October 29 through the company's direct-order website.
  4. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba employee displays the handheld electronic gadget, a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery 'Dynario' for the external power source for digital products such as a smart phone (L) at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Toshiba will start selling Dynario from October 29 through the company's direct-order website.
  5. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba employee displays the handheld electronic gadget, a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery 'Dynario' for the external power source for digital products such as mobile phone or iPod and its methanol cartridge for refueling (L), containing 50ml concentrated methanol, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Toshiba will start selling Dynario from October 29 through the company's direct-order website.
  6. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba employee displays the handheld electronic gadget, a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery 'Dynario' for the extenral power source for digital products such as mobile phone or iPod and its methanol cartridge for refueling (L), containing 50ml concentrated methanol, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Toshiba will start selling Dynario from October 29 through the company's direct-order website.
  7. A model of Toshiba shows off the company's new laptop PC, 'dynabook MX' during the company's Microsoft Windows 7 PC press preview in Tokyo on October 22, 2009. The 'dynabook MX' series offers models with 11.6 and 13.3-inch LCDs, and establishes the 'Netnote PC' as a new category differentiated from the netbook segment, upgraded specs in CPC, screen size, battery life and extensibilities.
  8. A model of Toshiba shows off the company's new top-of-the-range laptop PC, 'Qosmio G60' during the company's Microsoft Windows 7 press preview in Tokyo on October 22, 2009. Equiped with 18.4-inch 1,920x1,080 pixel LCD, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz processor and Toshiba Quad Core HD processor, 'SpursEngine,' Qosmio G60 offers the world's fastest write time to Blu-ray discs.
  9. A Myanmar model shows off a Qosmio laptop computer by Toshiba during the Myanmar ICT Exhibition-2009 on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
  10. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils the prototype model of a 3D television set 'Cell Regza', which has a Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. The 3D Cell Regza can play not only 3D movies but can virtually process conventional 2D images into lifelike 3D images.
  11. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils a television set 'Cell Regza', which has a 55-inch sized LCD panel with LED backlight and the Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. Cell Regza also has a 3TB hard disk drive (HDD) and 2TB capacity for 'time-shift' recording, which can simultaneously record up to 26 hours of high-definition TV programs for up to eight channels of broadcasting. Toshiba will put it on the market in December and will start to export in 2010.
  12. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils a television set 'Cell Regza', which has a 55-inch sized LCD panel with LED backlight and the Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. Cell Regza also has a 3TB hard disk drive (HDD) and 2TB capacity for 'time-shift' recording, which can simultaneously record up to 26 hours of high-definition TV programs for up to eight channels of broadcasting. Toshiba will put it on the market in December and will start to export in 2010.
  13. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils a television set 'Cell Regza', which has a 55-inch sized LCD panel with LED backlight and the Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. Cell Regza also has a 3TB hard disk drive (HDD) and 2TB capacity for 'time-shift' recording, which can simultaneously record up to 26 hours of high-definition TV programs for up to eight channels of broadcasting. Toshiba will put it on the market in December and will start to export in 2010.
  14. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils a television set 'Cell Regza', which has a 55-inch sized LCD panel with LED backlight and the Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. Cell Regza also has a 3TB hard disk drive (HDD) and 2TB capacity for 'time-shift' recording, which can simultaneously record up to 26 hours of high-definition TV programs for up to eight channels of broadcasting. Toshiba will put it on the market in December and will start to export in 2010.
  15. Japan's electronics giant Toshiba unveils the prototype model of a 3D television set 'Cell Regza', which has a Cell processor, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM for image processing, at a press preview in Chiba, suburban Tokyo on October 5, 2009. The 3D Cell Regza can play not only 3D movies but can virtually process conventional 2D images into lifelike 3D images.
  16. The Toshiba Qosmio X500 Series of enthusiast-class performance laptops geared for high definition multimedia and gaming, feature the new Intel Core i7 processor.

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