2009-10
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Hokuriku Unconference
Hokuriku Unconference, probably the first unconference style geek event in Hokuriku area, north-central part of Japan, will be held at Ishikawa National College of Technology, Tsubata, Ishikawa …
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KDDI Commits To Invest On IVP Fund
On Wednesday, Tokyo-based independent venture capital Infinity Venture Partners (IVP) LLP announced that Japan’s second largest telecommunication company KDDI has committed to invest on IVP …
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Mixi Launches Social App Service For Cellphone Users
Japan’s largest social networking website Mixi[J] launched a social app service for cellphone users called “Mixi Appli Mobile” on Tuesday. The app service’s PC edition called …
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Shoryuken! Livedoor Introduces World First Joystick Notation For Wiki
Livedoor Wiki has added a new notation [J] for gamers who want to share the game’s tips and tricks. If you write like this, &pad(ps3){6,2,3,plus,shikaku} then it will be displayed as this, …
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KDDI To Increase Tribrid Powered Cellphone Base Stations To Reduce CO2 Emissions
Japan’s no.2 cellphone carrier KDDI au announced to start the deployment of a new power control system to their cellphone base stations as to switch the power sources to three ways of solar …
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Japanese Social Network Wars: GREE Overtakes Mobage-town, Is Now Japan's No. 2
Mobile social gaming platform GREE’s CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka repeatedly said in the last weeks he wants every Japanese to use GREE eventually (yeah, right). He also said he wants to beat direct …
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IBM Research Lab in Tokyo Develops Technology to Control Reading Flow
Researchers at IBM Research - Tokyo is working on a way to easily arrange the reading flow of screen readers and mobile devices. With the visual editor technology they are developing, webmasters can …
