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"Is that a VAIO in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
I just got back from Sony’s “VAIO type P” blogger event in Ginza, Tokyo. The type P is a pretty compact machine but it still has impressive features for a notebook PC. (I’m …
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Cyber Agent Investments Organizes Business Plan Competition
Investment arm of a Tokyo-based Internet venture Cyber Agent Group, Cyber Agent Investment LTD.[J] announced to organize a business plan competition called “START”, for the purpose of …
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E-mail-only friend delivery springs up in Japan
Mixi Nengajou (new year greeting card) is not the only emerging service tries to turn online friendship into real items delivery. This is too much of a coincidence that Mixi, Softbank (owns 40% of …
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2D Barcode(QR Code) on Ancient Style Chinese Art
Seal Cutting(篆刻) is a Chinese traditional art. You cut a stone block to make a stamp with, usually, Chinese letters like name, poet, etc. Blogger Masayuki GT tried to combine this Song Dynasty …
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iPhone TV (finally) comes to Japan
As we reported on October, Softbank, No.3 cellphone carrier sells iPhone in Japan, start selling a specially designed iPhone peripheral for Japanese customers who think cellphone must have TV tuner. …
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Mixi Intoduces New Features of "MyMixi of MyMixi" and "Footprint of My Own"
Japan’s most popular SNS “Mixi” introduced new two feature deployments today, especially on so-called “footprint” feature. You may have your own site on Mixi, and …
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Winny trial goes High Court
Winny is the most popular P2P file-sharing software in Japan. Isamu Kaneko [JP], the developer of Winny, was prosecuted by Kyoto Prosecutors Office. Kaneko was found guilty and fined 1.5 million yen …
