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Sharp mortgages itself to the hilt just to keep going
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Sharp has mortgaged its offices and factory buildings in order to raise the cash it needs to stay in business, according to Reuters. It's cut a deal with banks for nearly $2 billion in short-term credit secured on its assets -- including the factory that reportedly produces displays for...
DELL OF A DEAL: Michael Dell Considers $240 Million Deal To Save Sharp (DELL)
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(Updates with comment from Dell in fifth paragraph.) Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Sharp Corp., the TV maker that warned about its ability to survive, rose the most in a week in Tokyo trading after the Wall Street Journal said the company's in talks with Dell Inc. for an investment....
Sharp to begin shipping displays for the next iPhone this month
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Following its rather downbeat quarterly earnings disclosed earlier today, Sharp had one bit of bright news for its near future: the company is about to start shipping out a new iPhone display this month. President Takashi Okuda is quoted by Reuters as delivering the information, which fits neatly into...
Sega "not planning" more Sonic 4 after upcoming Episode 2
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When Sega first announced that 2D series revamp Sonic 4 would be released as a series of short, downloadable episodes, the company was careful not to say just how many episodes it planned to release. Right now, it looks like that number is going to be two, as Sonic...
E3 2012: Orgarhythm – dance action meets real-time strategy
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And the prize for the strangest game I've played at E3 so far goes to this unlike combination of real-time strategy and rhythm actionOdd genre combinations can really work – see the wonderful Puzzle Quest which seamlessly marries the match-three puzzler with the role-playing adventure. The latest example is Orgarhythm,...
Sharp President Confirms Shipments of Displays for New iPhone this Month
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Reuters reports that Sharp president Takashi Okuda today made a rare public reference to an unreleased Apple device, acknowledging that his company will begin shipping displays for the next-generation iPhone this month.Japan's Sharp Corp. said it will start shipping screens destined for a new Apple iPhone that is widely expected...
NiGHTS Into Dreams to get HD remake
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Sega is polishing up its cult Saturn classic for PS3, Xbox and PC download this autumnNiGHTS Into Dreams, Sonic Team's beautiful flying adventure, is to get an HD remake. Sega has been teasing the possibility for a few days, but the project has now been confirmed. Originally released on the...
iPhone 5 nears: Sharp to start shipping screens to Apple this month
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Sharp revealed today that it will begin shipping new smartphone screens to Apple this month, which are widely expected to end up in the iPhone 5, Reuters reports. Sharp President Takashi Okuda said simply, “Shipments will start in August,” during a press briefing following the company’s earnings release on...
Malware uses Google Docs as proxy to command and control server
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec have uncovered a piece of malware that uses Google Docs, which is now part of Google Drive, as a bridge when communicating with attackers in order to hide the malicious traffic. The malware--a new version from the Backdoor.Makadocs family--uses the Google Drive "Viewer"...
Sharp Confirms It's Making Screens For the iPhone 5 (AAPL)
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Sharp will supply Apple with screens for a new redesigned iPhone starting this month, according to Reuters. The news comes from Sharp's president Takashi Okuda, who briefed reporters this week. The next iPhone is expected to have a larger, 4-inch screen, new design, and the ability to connect to LTE data...
WSJ: Sharp suffers iPhone 5 screen production delay as LG and Japan Display start shipping
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Sharp's president Takashi Okuda said that the company would be shipping displays bound for the new iPhone by the end of August, but that plan appears to have hit a bump. The Wall Street Journal reports that while LG and Japan Display have already begun shipping the new screens...
Hon Hai Precision snaps up 10 percent of Sharp in display tie-up
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For those unaware, going at it alone in the cutthroat display business isn't exactly a recommended business approach. To wit, Sharp -- once a mainstay in the LCD industry -- has just sold an approximate 10 percent stake of itself to Taiwan's Hon Hai Group. Sharp will be issuing...
Sharp President: We're Shipping Screens For The New iPhone This Month
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Further evidence that Apple’s next generation iPhone is on track for a fall release: Sharp president Takashi Okuda said today that the company will begin shipping screens for the new device this month. Sources say those screens will measure 4-inches diagonally, significantly larger than those used in the iPhone 4S....
Sharp installs Takashi Okuda as new president after forecasting record losses
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Nikkei is reporting that Mikio Katayama will step down as Sharp president, following a projected record loss of $3.5 billion for the 2011 fiscal year. The new president is set to be Takashi Okuda, 58, who previously served as a managing executive and handled global operations within the firm....
Sharp President: iPhone displays shipping this month
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Breaking the #1 rule of Apple partnership (not talking shipping Apple products), Sharp President Takashi Okuda today said that the company would be shipping iPhone displays this month. Japan’s Sharp Corp. said it will start shipping screens destined for a new Apple iPhone that is widely expected to be released in October...
Report: Sharp increases layoffs number, aiming for profitability by March 2014
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Japanese electronics giant Sharp is reportedly planning a major restructuring to bring the company back to profitability by 2014, as reported by Kyodo News. Said restructuring will see Sharp cut nearly 11,000 (10,966) jobs from its 57,170-person workforce by March 2014 -- just under 20 percent of all employees...
Sources claim Sharp's production of iPhone screens delayed
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Not even a full moon cycle has passed since Sharp's president, Takashi Okuda, trumpeted the fact that his firm was one of the chosen few selected to provide screens for the new iPhone. Now, according to Reuters the troubled company has slipped behind on production, with The Wall Street...
VMware virtual machines targeted by "Crisis" espionage malware
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Symantec.com Researchers have uncovered a single espionage malware attack that is capable of infecting multiple platforms, including computers running the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, Windows-powered mobile devices, and VMware virtual machines. When Ars first chronicled the trojan backdoor known as Morcut last month, we reported that...
Sharp to ship new iPhone displays to Apple this month
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Taking a leaf from Sony President Sir Howard Stringer, who let it be known that it was supplying camera sensors to Apple, Sharp President Takashi Okuda has done likewise. Speaking to journalists following Sharp's $1.2 billion loss for Q1, Okuda touted that its new mobile displays headed for the new...
Wireless power: Japanese researchers transmit through 10cm of concrete
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A group of Japanese researchers from the Toyohashi University of Technology demonstrated a wireless power transmission technology yesterday at the Wireless Technology Park 2012 in Yokohama, Japan. During the demonstration, the team sent 50-60 watts of power through 10cm (3.9 inches) of solid concrete to a modified automobile tire...
Troubled Sharp plans to cut 11,000 jobs worldwide, raise $2.74 billion by selling assets
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It’s not been a great year for Japanese electronics giant Sharp, but things are going to take a turn for the worse before they get better, after plans to lay-off 11,000 staff and generate $2.74 billion from asset sales were leaked to Japanese news outlet Kyodo News. The company, which...
Sharp and Foxconn enter into manufacturing partnership
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Sharp on Tuesday announced that is has entered into an manufacturing partnership with Foxconn that will see the manufacturing giant take a 10% stake in the Japanese electronics company. Hon Hai has invested nearly 67 billion yen ($809 million) in Sharp in exchange for roughly 121.65 million new shares, which...
Sharp Faces Dwindling Financing Options
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Japan’s Sharp Corp. is trying to find new sources of capital ahead of key looming financing deadlines. But the electronics maker’s options have shrunk, as management has told potential funders it doesn’t want to relinquish control of key decisions, while rebuffing demands from creditors that it shed core assets. Complicating...
Sharp executive officer Takashi Okuda to take over as president next month
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In a move similar to the ones seen at fellow struggling Japanese electronics giants Sony and Panasonic, Sharp has announced a change at the top, swapping out president Mikio Katayama (kicked upstairs to the position of Director, Chairman) for current executive officer Takashi Okuda. The move will go into...
Foxconn takes 10 percent stake in Sharp, two companies announce manufacturing partnership
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Sharp has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Foxconn that will see the Taiwan-based company take a stake of around 10 percent in the Japanese manufacturer, making it the largest third-party shareholder ahead of Nippon Life. Foxconn has invested about ¥67 billion ($809.1 million dollars) of capital into Sharp...
Sharp: we're making displays for new iPhone and shipping them this month
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In an effort to end today's dismal earnings report on a high, Sharp's president Takashi Okuda has purposefully let slip that his company is among those contracted to manufacture displays for a new iPhone. We already have numerous reasons to suspect the iPhone 5 will be announced around September...
As Sharp rumored to fall behind on new iPhone displays, LG and AU optonics named as iPad Mini display makers
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Japan-based Sharp Corp is failing to keep pace when it comes to manufacturing screens for Apple’s latest iPhone just weeks prior to the much-reported Sept. 12 launch event. Reuters, which cited an unidentified source, reported Sharp is floundering due to high costs that are eating into iPhone screen margins....
As Sharp rumored to fall behind on new iPhone displays, LG and AU optonics named as iPad Mini display makers
Meetrip, Asia's cultural travel marketplace, launches Android guide apps for 12 countries
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We last heard about Meetrip, an online travel marketplace for Asia, when it expanded into 10 new cities last month, and now the company that offers unique travel experiences has jumped onto mobile with the release of 12 country guide apps for Android devices. Duckdive, the Japanese firm behind the...
Sharp Loss Widens to $5.36 Billion
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After posting an annual net loss of ¥545 billion ($5.4 billion), the biggest in its 100-year history, Sharp Corp. said it plans to replace both its president and chairman after just one year in an unusually public rebuke of former management that underscores the depth of the struggling electronics maker’s...
Sharp posts biggest ever annual loss amid another executive reshuffle
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Sharp's journey to profitability has taken another hit after it recorded the biggest annual net loss in its 100-year history. As losses totalled ¥545 billion ($5.37 billion) in the year ending March 31, the company also promoted former executive vice president of products Kozo Takahashi to president. Takahashi replaces...
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