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Japan plans for solar energy from space

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:26:01 +0000

In what could be seen as a nod to science fiction, Japanese scientists are making detailed plans to gather solar energy in space where it is abundant and then beam that energy down [...]

Wii and Nintendo in a skid

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:50:08 +0000

It seems that it was just yesterday that everyone was either dying to get a Wii or had just purchased one and was talking about how wonderful it was. Now, sales are way off and [...]

President Bush tries for an "environmental" legacy

Susan Wilson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:55:59 +0000

I don’t know. Does designating 335,561 square miles of ocean as protected somehow make up for all the environmental laws and regulations that he has so cavalierly watered down? Will this designation somehow make the worst environmental President ever somehow an environmental [...]

Food delivery service to merge with Wii video game console

Mike Ferro — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:04:35 +0000

Nintendo recently announced that the company will be looking to integrate video and food services into the Wii. The Wii is Nintendo’s latest video game console with Internet capability. There is a growing trend of merging technologies [...]

Electronic mall to open in China for Japanese goods.

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:53:15 +0000

Japanese electronics and other goods are in high demand in China. Next month, a new internet shopping mall will open in China that will allow Chinese to pay for Japanese goods with the popular China UnionPay cards.

The China UnionPay Co. Cards are extremely popular in China, [...]

Wii Fit, iPhone top Japanese impulse buys

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:56:05 +0000

Usually, when we think of impulse purchases, our minds go to that alluring candy bar that we drop into our cart in the supermarket checkout aisle. Apparently that is not what the typical citizen of Japan thinks of, though. Two of the top 20 impulse buys [...]

Nokia pulls out of Japan

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:14:07 +0000

Faced with drastically lower global economic expectations, handset manufacturing giant Nokia says that they will pull out of the lucrative (but quirky) Japanese cell phone market, one of the largest in the world. Nokia has announced that they will stop developing and [...]

Intel Nehalem chip launches first in Tokyo

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:13:52 +0000

Just one day after the the early AMD launch of their new Shanghai series of processors, Intel has pre-launched the first members of their much-heralded Nehalem series of chips. The early delivery of the new AMD chip was covered here

New Honda device eases walking, standing, working

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:29:48 +0000

Honda has developed and introduced a cybernetic device which is used to help support body weight and reduce stress on the legs and knees. Although the bulk of Honda’s presentation of the device was aimed at assisting factory workers, there are obvious [...]

Toshiba looking at SanDisk after Samsung offer fails

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:59:49 +0000

The ailing economy continues to have a significant negative effect on the technology sector. Falling share prices in SanDisk is prompting the second move in as many months to buy the ailing flash memory company’s chipmaking facilities in Japan. Last month, the [...]