2D barcode tombstone

Ishinokoe (means “voice of stone”) K.K. announced their newly designed tombstone series “Kuyou no mado” (“commemoration windows”), which has QR Code (Japanese 2D bar code) inside. This QR Code, enhanced version “Design QR Code”, developed and trademarked by IT Design, can have small extra images in the code, which does not prevent proper code scanning.… Continue reading 2D barcode tombstone

Tokyo2point0 event: Kakaku’s Photohito and Press Army

The monthly Tokyo2point0 event took place for the 10th time in Harajuku last Tuesday. More info about the event and network can be found on the official Tokyo2point0 site, the Facebook group or on Mixi. This time, two presentations were held (in English and Japanese), leaving enough room for networking among the attendees (which is… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 event: Kakaku’s Photohito and Press Army

Anti-virus vendor Trendmicro website got hacked

Trendmicro Japan announced that some of their website pages are found to be modified from March 9th to 12th. Those hacked pages had a virus by which visitors could have got on their PC. Their infected page list contains both Japanese and English pages about some virus information, but we could not find the counterpart… Continue reading Anti-virus vendor Trendmicro website got hacked

Niconico Douga SP1 and its expanding reach

Niwango hold a press conference about its Niconico Douga‘s update release “SP1” (upgraded from “RC2”) on March 5th 13:00 (JST). Current statistics of Niconico Douga provided by director Seiji Sugimoto: 5.6 million registered users 1.14 million of users using cellularphone version 189 thousands paid users listed on NTT Docomo’s i-mode official site Ads sale in… Continue reading Niconico Douga SP1 and its expanding reach

Japan’s Cyber University offers courses on PCs and mobiles

In April last year, Japan’s first so-called Cyber University opened its virtual doors. The university is private and headquartered in Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyuushu. It is run by a nonlisted stock company called Japan Cyber Education Institute which is mainly controlled by Japanese Internet telecom giant SoftBank. As of now, approximately 1,900… Continue reading Japan’s Cyber University offers courses on PCs and mobiles

Jude – a UML modeling tool

UML modeling tool Jude is a popular software design tool amongst Japanese developers. A free version of Jude has a capability to write all diagrams of UML (class, robustness, usecass, activity, sequence, collaboration, component, state-chart, and deployment). A professional version costs 29400yen ($275) and supports ER diagram, Dataflow diagram, and Mindmap. Kenji Hiranabe is the… Continue reading Jude – a UML modeling tool

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Report: Asiajin Meeting #1 (part two)

This is the second part of our coverage of the Asiajin meeting #1 which took part this Tuesday. Presentation No. 4 “The 4th presenter abused the meeting by violating its regulation of not speaking in one’s mother tongue against agreement. Thus we do not cover the presentation. You may find the information somewhere else. (Akky… Continue reading Report: Asiajin Meeting #1 (part two)

Report: Asiajin Meeting #1 (part one)

The Asiajin Meeting #1 took place this Tuesday in Akasaka/Tokyo. Courtesy of Cybozu Labs, the event was free of charge. About 30 people participated while the number of people viewing the live broadcasting (done by Andrew Shuttleworth) peaked at 25. We will see to it that we announce the livecast earlier next time, especially for… Continue reading Report: Asiajin Meeting #1 (part one)

SonyEricsson and Nokia integrate Mixi Mobile access into cell phones

Japan’s largest social network Mixi announced that a total of three mobile phones made by Sony Ericsson and Softbank/Nokia have integrated direct access to its mobile version. These are the Cybershot SO905iCS, the Cybershot W61s and the Nokia N95. The Nokia model is delivered in Japan as the SoftBank X02NK. It was announced that users… Continue reading SonyEricsson and Nokia integrate Mixi Mobile access into cell phones