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Sony's Hirai hopes for quick start to online content service

Sony is hoping to launch its planned online content service early next year and expects it will give the company an advantage in the increasingly competitive consumer electronics market, the executive heading up the project said Friday. "I'd like it to ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, NetworkWorld,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony Music

Sony outlines aggressive growth goals

IDG News Service - Sony has spent years struggling to adjust to the digital age but its chief Howard Stringer Thursday sought to make the case that it has found its footing. The president and CEO outlined a number of positive achievements and laid out ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, ComputerWorld,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Howard Stringer

Japan may back out of fastest-supercomputer project

IDG News Service - An ambitious plan by Japan to build the most powerful computer in the world stands on the brink of collapse this week after a government panel recommended funding for the project be virtually eliminated. The Government Revitalization ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, ComputerWorld,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fujitsu,  Hitachi, Ltd.,  Seymour Cray,  Gartner, Inc.

Japan may put brakes on fastest-supercomputer project

A government panel questioned the need to have the world's fastest computer An ambitious plan by Japan to build the most powerful computer in the world stands on the brink of collapse this week after a government panel recommended funding for the ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, NetworkWorld,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fujitsu,  Hitachi, Ltd.,  Seymour Cray,  Gartner, Inc.,  BMC Software, Inc.

Pioneer sues Garmin over navigation technology

Japan's Pioneer has lodged a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against rival navigation-system maker Garmin, alleging some of its products infringe on Pioneer patents. The complaint comes after negotiations between the two ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, Macworld,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Garmin Ltd.

Fujitsu's latest cell phone splits in two

IDG News Service - Fujitsu is breaking new ground in the cell phone market with the imminent introduction of a cell phone that splits into two parts. The F-04B was announced this week as part of NTT DoCoMo's new lineup and is scheduled to hit Japanese ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, ComputerWorld,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fujitsu,  NTT DoCoMo

Microsoft, Yahoo partnership could reach beyond the US

(11-04) 22:37 PST -- Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, San Francisco Chronicle,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Ballmer,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Google Inc.

Windows 7 seeing 'fantastic' sales in Japan, says Ballmer

IDG News Service - Initial sales of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, were "fantastic" in Japan and helped spur PC sales in the country, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. "We've had a great response here in Japan," he said at a Tokyo news ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, ComputerWorld,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Ballmer,  Gartner, Inc.

Google-backed Unity cable lands in Japan

The Unity fiber-optic cable, a new trans-Pacific undersea cable partly backed by Google, has landed in Japan, marking an important step toward the launch of service. The US$300 million cable runs between Los Angeles and Chikura on the east coast of ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, NetworkWorld,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Airtel

Opinion: Windows finally speaks expats' language

IDG News Service - Of the new features in Windows 7 it's probably among those that has received the least amount of coverage, but for expatriate PC users the ability to switch the language of the operating system represents a major step forward for ...

From MARTYN WILLIAMS, ComputerWorld,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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