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RSS japanese in newsFujitsu snaps up Siemens' stake in joint PC deal
News Japanese electronics conglomerate Fujitsu will buy Siemens AG's 50 per cent stake in their PC joint venture for €450m, aiming to boost its presence in Europe. Fujitsu said in a statement the acquisition would help it... [05 Nov 2008]
Smart phone sales suffer second-quarter slowdown
News Western Europeans bought 29.3 per cent more smart phones in the quarter, while Japanese customers actually bought 24 per cent fewer phones than during the same period last year. Smart phone sales growth slowed in the... [09 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News Microsoft has added 11 new languages - including Japanese and traditional Chinese - to Workspace along with 20 new features such as multi-file upload, activity panels and improved support for Firefox. [04 Sep 2008]
Apple iPhone gets Google Translate service
News The service can translate text between 24 languages, including Mandarin, French and Japanese. Google has released a version of its translation service that is specifically tailored to Apple's iPhone. The Google Translate... [11 Aug 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News According to Holden, the clearest sign a 3G device is imminent comes from an announcement today by Japanese mobile operator Softbank that it has signed an iPhone distribution deal with Apple. The rumour mill is dizzy... [05 Jun 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News In addition to European and US giants such as Vodafone, Telefonica and Sprint, Google also has partnerships with Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, India's Airtel and China Mobile. The online search giant has been... [13 May 2008]
Yo!Sushi cuts copper in favour of MPLS
News The restaurants are based around the Japanese Kaiten sushi bar where customers help themselves to colour-coded plates of food delivered by a conveyor belt. Fast food chain Yo! Sushi is forecasting a two-year return on... [07 Apr 2008]
Mobile industry slams 'health time bomb' study
News The Interphone study - a long-term, Japanese-run project involving mobile users from multiple countries - has been one of the most important such research endeavours. The mobile industry has hit back at a neurosurgeon's... [02 Apr 2008]
Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US
News Asus launched its low-cost, stripped-down Linux-based Eee PC last fall specifically for the European, Japanese and US retail markets, and caused quite the stir. More low-cost laptops are headed to a retailer near you. [20 Mar 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 14.03.08
Round-Up Podcast Up for discussion this week are the French language purists fighting back against the 'invasion' of English words such as email and podcast, and the 'smart goggles' invented by Japanese boffins that can find your lost keys. [14 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn gets a facelift and goes mobile
News The mobile service will initially be available in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Business network LinkedIn is getting a makeover to offer an improved service to its almost 20 million users and... [25 Feb 2008]
Vista-XP downgrade software launched
News The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade machines running Windows Vista to XP. Vista: all the coverage. Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture [06 Feb 2008]
Femtocells to cure 3G headaches?
News Heath said people's expectations are always ahead of what the network can deliver - citing the example of Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo's ongoing investment in its 3G network. The mobile phone is coming home. [26 Nov 2007]
Google to unveil mobile software suite
News Japanese wireless carriers KDDI and NTT DoCoMo are said to be heavily involved in what will be called the Open Handset Alliance, according to other sources. Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones... [05 Nov 2007]
BT looks to Far East for developer talent
News The centre will also boost local language support for local customers whose first language isn't English as Dalian is one of the few Chinese cities with Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean speakers. [07 Sep 2007]
