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Japan's national TV station NHK makes a leap forward in mobile broadcasting
Japan’s national TV station NHK is not just a broadcaster but also quite active in technology development. For example, the organization is driving forward the Ultra-HDTV format (7680 x 4320 …
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Google Alphabet in Japanese and other languages
Google finally added their long-testing “Google Suggest” feature to their top page. O’Reilly Radar made an interesting list of which letter shows what keyword when you type a single …
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Oshaberi TV: Like Nico Nico Douga (almost) for digital TV programs
After 2 years of development, a new communication service called Oshaberi TV went into Public Beta this month (Oshaberi means talkative in Japanese). Oshaberi TV is not a TV station or program but a …
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Source Next takes USB Memory Software Package from CD-ROM
Packaged Software supplier Source Next will start selling their “USB Memory package” application from September 5th, 2008. Under the “U memo series” brand, they will sell …
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Twitter-like Mixi Echo keeps going
Despite of Twitter’s founder Evan Williams’ unplesant, Mixi’s microblogging feature “Mixi Echo” one month trial is announced to be extended for “uncertain …
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Evan Williams meets Japanese Twitter Users in Tokyo
Twitter Founder Evan Williams is visiting Tokyo. During his summer vacation a party was held among Japanese twitter fans and developers named “Eban Uiriamusu shi wo Kakomu Kai(A meeting to …
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Samurai Weapon - Blog Destroyer Widget
[NB: Sound is on by default] Samurai Weapon is a bilingual(Japanese/English) blog widget provided by a big Japanese game vendor Koei, as a promotion of their new Nintendo DS game “Kunitori Zunou …
