items tagged with Japan
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2007-05-22 22:36:51
According to the Worldwatch Institute, solar power has become the fastest growing energy source as the key ingredient, polysilicon, becomes more available; and as China begins to emerge as a low-cost producer.
Read More About Solar Power Brightens Its Future, But Can It Keep Up With The Sunny Demand?...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-13 04:40:32
SHINANOMACHI, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.
Read More About Sake May Power Cars In The Future...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-08 07:24:24
TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Softbank Corp. (9984.T: Quote, Profile, Research said on Tuesday annual profit more than quadrupled thanks to its acquisition of Vodafone's (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research Japan unit and its efforts to shave costs and launch new price plans to lure subscribers.
Read More About Softbank Annual Profit Quadruples On Mobile Unit...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-07 08:17:47
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T: Quote, Profile, Research said on Monday it had scrapped a plan to offer its wireless Internet technology to Hutchison Essar as Britain's Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research is set to buy a majority stake in the Indian mobile phone carrier.
Read More About DoCoMo, Hutch Essar Scrap Mobile Internet Alliance...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-04 11:10:04
What is called flotsam science (the study of debris, wreckage, and refuse in oceans that are discarded accidently or deliberately from ships) is helping scientists learn about ocean currents.
Read More About Floating Junk, Tub Toys Help Oceanographers Learn About Currents...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-26 07:26:16
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it aims to double its combined annual Wii and DS software sales to 300 million units, without giving a specific time frame.
Read More About Nintendo Aims To Sell 300 Mln Wii, DS Software Units...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-26 07:23:32
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Thursday it will launch a video-sharing site in Japan on Friday, marking the electronics and entertainment firm's first step towards challenging Google Inc.'s YouTube service.
Read More About Sony To Launch Video-Sharing Network On Friday...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-04-23 08:03:15
Forbes’ Roger Ehrenberg thinks the Xbox 360 is doomed because it has cost a lot of money so far, and hasn’t been a huge hit in Japan, but he’s forgotten about the future.
Read More About Ehrenberg Dooms Xbox 360 But He’S Wrong...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-23 07:52:17
TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T: Quote, Profile, Research), Japan's biggest wireless operator, on Monday unveiled a new mobile phone equipped with a motion sensor that lets users play games like the popular Nintendo Wii console.
Read More About DoCoMo's New Phones Offer Motion-Sensing Game Play...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-11 05:53:22
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (6764.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it is set to book a loss of 2.04 billion yen ($17 million) in its earnings for the year that just ended to cover part of the cost to recall mobile phone batteries.
Read More About Sanyo Sees $17 Million Loss From Battery Recall...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-10 06:01:52
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday it planned to launch the world's first 42-inch plasma TVs with full high definition panels on April 27 in Japan.
Read More About Matsushita To Sell 42-Inch Full High Def Plasma TV...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-02 17:21:56
EMI Music has taken a brave decision to offer higher quality, DRM-free digital downloads, which allow purchased tracks to be played on a wider range of devices other than Apple's iPods, the forthcoming iPhone and computers running iTunes.
Read More About EMI Music Drops DRM, Boosts BPS...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-31 11:27:17
With only about 550 days to complete its mission, the Akari infrared astronomy satellite has already provided astronomers with fantastic views of star births and deaths, galaxy evolution, supernova remnants, black holes, and other mysterious wonders of the universe.
Read More About Japanese AKARI Spacecraft Producing Great Pixs Of Infrared Universe...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-21 17:17:15
NASA describes the video as: a magnetic vortex almost as big as Earth [that] races across your computer screen, twisting, turning, finally erupting in a powerful solar flare.
Read More About Amazing Video Shows Sun’S Chromosphere With Jets “As Big As Texas”...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-21 11:24:19
U.S. and Japanese palaeontologists have found the first fossil evidence of dinosaurs living in underground burrows and caring for their young.
Read More About First Burrowing Dinosaur Fossils Discovered...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-17 10:05:42
NASA announced on Thursday, March 15, 2007, that Node 2, to be launched August 2007, will be named Harmony after six groups of schoolchildren suggested the name.
Read More About Student-Named Harmony Soon To Become New Module For Space Station...
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-03-04 02:13:37
NEC Australia has signed a deal with the Springfield Land Corporation to provide communications facilities to residents of the new development of Greater Springfield in Queensland'
Read More About NEC Brings U-Japan Concept To Greater Springfield, Qld...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-03-01 16:03:39
A version of the evergreen SimCity game for the Nintendo DS will arrive midyear, Electronic Arts has announced.
Read More About Put A SimCity In Your Hand With Nintendo DS...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-02-27 01:12:52
The US District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled that Nano-Proprietary was entitled to terminate the licence to its SED (surface-conduction, electron-emitter display) technology granted to Canon in 1999.
Read More About Canon Loses Flat-Panel Licence...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-25 23:50:57
An attacker posing as a representative of a hosting or collocation company is trying to fool people into installing a remote administration tool on their servers, according to Symantec's Security Response Weblog.
Read More About Attacker Mocks Victims, Says Symantec...
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