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In an effort to meet demand for Apple’s iPod shuffle, Toshiba said it plans to boost spending on semiconductors for the current business year by 13 percent, accelerating plans to expand output of flash memory chips. The company said it would also forward the production schedule at a new flash memory plant owned jointly with SanDisk.

Toshiba today announced a new hard drive-based digital audio player with a 60GB storage capacity. The HDD Audio Player Gigabeat line will be available before the end of the year in Japan, along with 10GB and 20GB versions. The devices sport a high-resolution 2.2-inch color display and a navigation system based on a plus-sign sensor. Pricing was not announced.

Toshiba today officially announced the 60GB version of its 1.8-inch hard disk drive, which is expected to make its way into the next iPod revision. The new drive, which is due in the fourth quarter 2004, features improved shock tolerance, power consumption and vibration control for better performance in portable consumer electronics devices.

In a move that mirrors the strategic alliance of Apple and HP, Toshiba announced today that it is now shipping laptops pre-installed with Napster’s online music service. “Los Angeles-based Napster, a unit of recording software provider Roxio, said it will give a one-month free trial of its subscription music service to all new Toshiba notebook buyers,” reports AP. “The Napster service costs $9.95 a month.

Toshiba has announced a 100GB hard drive for notebooks, which offers 20GB more capacity than the company’s current biggest drives for portables. Toshiba said it also made improvements that help increase the new drive’s shock resistance and reduce its power consumption and noise production. Samples of the drive won’t be available until May (once a company releases samples, it takes several months for a product to become widely available). Toshiba did not announce pricing. Read More

Toshiba today introduced its new TLP-S71U projector, which the company says “combines the presentation qualities of an ultra-bright projector with the imaging capabilities of a detachable document camera.” The TLP-S71U features 2,000 AN

Toshiba plans to double monthly output of 1.8-inch hard drives from March to meet rising demand for high-capacity storage used in digital music players such as the iPod. “Toshiba said it would make 600,000 units of 1.8-inch HDDs, up from 300,000,” Reuters reports.

iPoding notes that Toshiba’s Storage Device Division now lists a 40GB version of its 1.8″ hard drive that is used in Apple’s iPod.