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- Our urine shows where we live
- It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...
- Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Google launches Dajare in Japan
- Google launched a new feature in Japan called Google Dajare. Dajare is similar to an English pun. This new Google service expands Google's mission to organize the worlds information by also "organizing the world's laughter". To see the new feature in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Japan, Google Dajare, Search, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Japan's ISPs agree to ban P2P pirates
- Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P (Peer to Peer) networks. Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first...
- Tags: Internet Provider, Japan, File-trading, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Report: Japan investigates potential iPod nano battery defect
- Japan is investigating defects in Apple's iPod due to reports that the gadget shot out sparks while being recharged. According to the Associated Press, an unnamed trade official said there's a potential lithium-ion defect in the iPod Nano, model MA099J/A. No one was injured and the problem was reported earlier...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Japan, Apple iPod Nano, Battery, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Japan, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Mr., Video, DOCSIS, Geek, Wireless Network, Presentation, Network Management, Richard Bennett, Cable, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot air
- I listened into the beginning of today's FCC hearing on Comcast's "network management" practices and I heard a lot about the importance of business models that allows operators to recoup their investments. Commissioner Robert McDowell said something along these lines: If companies can't repay their investors they won't build out...
- Tags: Japan, Wired Inc., Network, Satellite, Kizuna, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Japan 1 Screensaver (zip)
- Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
- Tags: Japan
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- Roundup: Western Union spam; Super Bowl SEO; Be a malicious hacker in Japan
- A few items of note: There's a Western Union spam with Trojan payload; Beware Super Bowl hijinx this week; And if you really want to be a malicious hacker move to Japan. Among the notable: Western Union spam with Trojan Sunbelt Software reports...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Symantec Corp., Super Bowl, Japan, Goal, Trojan Horse, Malware, Spam, Sunbelt Software, Hacker, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- In 2006 6% of ad money was spent online in Japan
- Japan's online advertising grew from 3% to 6% of all ad spending between 2004 and 2006, according to Dentsu, as reported by eMarketer. by NB
- Tags: Advertisement, Japan, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- Gaming sales in Japan reached $6.3 bln in 2007
- Enterbrain found hardware and software gaming sales in Japan totaled $6.3 bln in 2007, up 10% from the previous year. Nintendo DS was the top-selling portable machine, with 7.1 mln units sold in 2007. Nintendo Wii sold 3.6 mln copies in 2007. by nadezhda
- Tags: Game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Japan, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, nadezhda
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Was there life before cell phones?
- I'm old enough to remember a time when cell phones were a novelty, not a ubiquitous form of communication. However, a post on Slashdot reveals that there are enough cell phones in operation to provide one for every two humans on earth. 3.3 billion phones definitely counts as...
- Tags: Phone, Japan, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- Japanese PC market saturated - Are our PCs finally good enough?
- Several news outlets, notably Yahoo News, are reporting on a recent phenomenon in Japan in which the "off-to-college" gift of choice is no longer a new computer. As one student put it, "A new PC just isn't high on my priority list right now," said...
- Tags: Japan, PC, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Take a look at Tokyo, tech capital
- Tokyo is arguably the high-tech capital of the world. With cutting-edge technology, efficiency in travel and creative options for living in constrained spaces, the city of 12 million people is also a model for other growing cities. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a camera with him on a recent trip...
- Tags: News.com, tokyo, japan, tech, capital, city, subway, electronics, store, shops, district, efficiency, public transit, temple, michael kanellos
- Videos 2007-11-01
- Tokyo's neighborhood for food lovers
- If you222re a chef, in the restaurant business or just love food, you'll want to see this. In western Tokyo, the Kappabashi-dori district hosts lines of stores that sell everything from the latest in cooking tools and utensils to plastic fish. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos recently toured the shops to...
- Tags: News.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, kappabashi, tokyo, japan, michael kanellos, food, district, restaurant, chef, cook, head
- Videos 2007-10-12
- See new tech from Japan before it hits the U.S.
- Think CES is the ultimate consumer electronics show? Think again. Japan's Ceatec just wrapped up, and CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos brought back footage of some of the best tech we've yet to see in the U.S. Take a look at what's on the horizon.
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Tech, caetec, japan, tokyo, ces, gadget, technology, consumer, sony, virtual reality, television, tv, lcd, flat panel, robot, michael kanellos, phone, cell, camera
- Videos 2007-10-09
- Photos: Solar powered streetlights, Wi-Fi routers
- Solis Energy uses solar power to fuel wireless routers and streetlights.A portable solar generator from Orlando, Fla.-based Solis Energy that can be used to power a wireless Internet router. It cranks out 220 watts, a lot more than it takes to run a router. But it uses the excess power...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi router, Wi-Fi, photograph, router, Solis Energy, Internet router, solar energy, Orlando, wireless router, wireless Internet, wireless, Florida, battery, Japan
- Image galleries 2007-08-26
- Photos: Fujitsu unveils king-size fuel cell
- Electronics giant inaugurates 200-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell that will provide electricity as well as heat to buildings on its Sunnyvale campus.A proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell, king-size. Fujitsu inaugurated this fuel cell at its Sunnyvale, Calif., campus on Friday. The fuel cell sits in the parking lot...
- Tags: Fuel cells, photograph, fuel cell, hydrogen, Fujitsu Ltd., membrane, Amdahl, Fujitsu LifeBook, steam, chair, electron, carbon dioxide, carbon, Sunnyvale, natural gas, electronics company, data center, electronics, Japan, laptop computer
- Image galleries 2007-08-17
- Daily QR Code (widget)
- Combine your daily dose of wisdom with hi-tech cryptography. The QR Code is the next generation of bar code, used heavily in Japan. Each pattern can be encoded with images or text. Japanese mobile camera phones can photograph these patterns and decode the information. Most web sites and magazines in...
- Tags: Japan, Pattern, QR Code, QR Code Reader, Camera Phones, Digital Security, Web Site Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-07-20
- Photos: Anime's alive at NYC ComicCon
- The influence of Japanese culture was everywhere at last weekend's event, from Pikachu to Domo-kun. And even Star Trek had a taste of Japan.
- Tags: Star Trek, Japan, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-02-26
- Photos: New DoComo phones
- Japan's largest mobile-services operator unveils several new phones, including a dual-screen clamshell and a "Bravia" handset.
- Tags: NTT DoCoMo Inc., handset, telephone, Japan
- Image galleries 2007-01-16
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