The head of scandal-tarred Toshiba yesterday said it had found a half-decade’s worth of new accounting problems, forcing it to further delay closing its books. However, it does not expect a big impact on its projected results.

Toshiba’s chief executive has resigned, taking responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese technology manufacturer by €1.12 billion over several years.

The US has developed a way to embed sophisticated hacking tools within the hard drives of personal computers built by some of the worlds bigger manufacturers, according to research based in Russia.

Gary Glitter broke down in tears as he tried to explain to jurors why he had been in possession of pornographic images of children.

Gary Glitter broke down in tears as he tried to explain to jurors why he had been in possession of child pornography images.

A small Irish firm is attracting customers with its innovative holographic assistant, a life-like display which uses the image and voice of a real person to interact with and assist customers, writes Trish Dromey.

STEPHEN Bernasconi walked into his local shopping centre on Nov 25 intending to buy a laptop. His three-year-old Dell Inspiron had broken down and he wanted something to keep up with gaming.

Gadget fans are gearing up for a second day of exciting product launches in Berlin today.

Riding the wave of gadget goodness from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung released a pretty impressive set of fourth quarter earnings estimates, including a record high profit.

Royal Philips Electronics and LG Electronics are among companies fined a record €1.47bn by EU anti-trust regulators over price-fixing agreements of now-obsolete cathode-ray tubes used in televisions and computer monitors.

Pre-tax profits at Galway manufacturing group C&F Tooling fell 7% last year to €6.3m.

Manchester United have signed a ground-breaking agreement for Toshiba Medical Systems to become the club’s official partner.

Samsung, Apple’s biggest competitor in the market for iPad-sized tablet computers, is updating its line to include a feature that lets a tablet act as a universal remote control for an entertainment centre.

Sony will cut about 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next year as it tries to return to profit, Japanese news reports said today.

SMARTPHONES and tablets dominated the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Los Angeles, with traditional PC companies and rising smartphone powers showing off some of their best ideas for the first half of 2012.

THE world’s biggest technology trade show will feature razor-thin laptops, powerful smartphones and flat-screen TVs, but talk in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) halls, which kicked off last night, may focus on whether the show itself has a long-term future.

THE sale of Swiss electronics company Landis+Gyr to giant Japanese group Toshiba for $2.3 billion (€1.6bn) could net Tony O’Reilly and his son Cameron as much as €224 million.

THE iPad 2 went on sale in countries across Asia and beyond yesterday as Apple’s updated gadget entered an ever more crowded market.

IT took just minutes for the earthquake and tsunami to devastate Japan’s northeast. Rebuilding will take years — if it can be afforded.

Japan’s Nikkei stock index nosedived nearly 11% today as the earthquake-shattered country faced an unfolding nuclear crisis after a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant and residents were warned to stay indoors. Other Asian markets also tumbled.

Japanese stocks nosedived today as the huge cost of Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami fuelled fears about the country’s economy.

NINTENDO said 3D games on its highly-anticipated, handheld console could harm the eyesight of children aged six or younger, warning of possible ill effects from a technology on which many companies are betting big.

Nintendo said 3D games on its highly anticipated new handheld console could harm the eyesight of children aged six or younger, warning of possible ill effects from a technology on which many companies are betting big.

EDWARD O’Grady’s Torphichen gets the nap to make a winning debut over fences in the Askeaton Beginners chase at Limerick this afternoon, should the meeting survive a 7.30am inspection.

LOOSEN My Load made an impressive start to his chasing career when justifying favouritism in the Motivate Challenge In Association With The Evening Herald Beginners Chase at Punchestown last night.

RITE Of Passage must be strongly fancied to book his ticket to Cheltenham by landing the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown today.

SOLWHIT exploded clear from the final flight in yesterday’s Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown and will now head to Cheltenham with all guns blazing.

Solwhit confirmed himself a top-class horse with victory in the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Charles Byrnes believes Solwhit has plenty on his plate if is to secure a third Grade One success of the season in the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Celestial Halo looks set for his first trip to Ireland after featuring among 12 entries for Sunday’s Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Leopardstown’s two-day meeting this weekend is likely to take place on heavy ground, although the meeting is in no danger.

HORSE Racing Ireland officials have acted quickly to transfer tomorrow’s abandoned Leopardstown meeting to Saturday, January 23.

CONSTRUCTION giant John Sisk & Son paid out a dividend of more than €90 million last year as pre-tax profits fell by €2.5m.

MURDER victim Meg Walsh’s husband John O’Brien, who was last year cleared of killing her, failed in court yesterday to secure jewellery belonging to his dead wife.

Brave Inca is having a relatively easy time before beginning the final preparations in his bid to regain the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

ONE of the big stories to emerge from Leopardstown on Sunday, besides mighty Brave Inca, was the very poor attendance.

Japan’s number one chipmaker Toshiba Corp is to shut down several semiconductor plants in Japan to cope with a plunge in global demand for electronics goods, a major Japanese newspaper reports.

Plans for Hardy Eustace have been put on hold while connections try to discover why the dual Champion Hurdle hero has run below expectations on his last two starts.