"Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan's largest telecommunications company, has formed a "wide-ranging strategic partnership" with EnterpriseDB that includes an undisclosed financial investment in the open source database maker." read more » DiscussBury
"In Japan, girls are crazy over virtual boyfriends. Webkare (Web Boyfriend in Japanese), a mix between a social network and dating simulation site, is Nippon’s newest web sensation." read more » DiscussBury
Japanese researcher, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, has developed a blink operated switch. The device uses infrared sensors to detect temple movements connected to blinking. Is hoped to eventually be able to c read more » DiscussBury
Martyn Williams reports on a Japanese company called Fenrir that wants to take a 5% market share in the web browser market with Sleipnir. It allows utilization of both Mozilla's Gecko and Microsoft's Trident engines. read more » 3 CommentsBury
"Japanese children should be prevented from using their mobile phones for anything other than talking to protect them from harmful influences, according to..." read more » DiscussBury
Duncan Riley reports that the four major ISPs in Japan have agreed to begin banning internet users who participate in file sharing of pirated materials. This will be the first move of its kind, outst read more » DiscussBury
