Japan articles

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  KDDI's Android customers getting ads in their notification bars

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 24, 2012 12:52 am + 33 comments

  Japan's second-largest carrier KDDI has apparently begun sending ads to some of its Android Continue reading…

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  Hitachi to stop domestic television manufacture in October

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2012 06:41 am + 7 comments

  After more than 50 years of business, Hitachi announced that it will move its LCD and plasma Continue reading…

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  Sony considering moving battery production from Japan to abroad

  By Adi Robertson on January 22, 2012 12:04 am + 21 comments

  According to Japan's Asahi paper, Sony is considering moving production of its rechargeable Continue reading…

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  NetLED: an expensive way to save money on lighting via Wi-Fi

  By Sam Byford on January 20, 2012 06:16 am + 8 comments

  For Japanese home or business owners more worried about wasting energy than wasting money, here's Continue reading…

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  Design group Tymote's curious stylized landscapes

  By Adi Robertson on January 16, 2012 02:39 pm + 7 comments

  These pieces by Japanese design group Tymote aren't exactly new (they were first released some Continue reading…

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  Sony puts a happy spin on Vita sales decline

  By Paul Miller on January 14, 2012 09:39 am + 44 comments

  Well, what else are they going to do? Vita is currently in fourth place in Japan console sales, Continue reading…

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  Fujitsu plans to enter North American phone market

  By Sam Byford on January 13, 2012 12:46 pm + 9 comments

  When we showed you the Fujitsu Toshiba IS12t Windows Phone yesterday, we thought it was the kind of Continue reading…

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  NEC PaPeRo robot Android app demo

  on January 12, 2012 07:18 pm

  Video of NEC's PapeRo robot and accompanying Android tablet app. Continue reading…

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  NEC's new Android app brings PaPeRo robot controls to tablets

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 12, 2012 07:17 pm + 1 comments

  NEC was showing off its PaPeRo robot at its CES booth, and while he's been around in one form or Continue reading…

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  'Kid Icarus: Uprising' to come bundled with Nintendo 3DS Stand

  By Sam Byford on January 12, 2012 01:01 am + 30 comments

  Not to overwhelm you with Kid Icarus: Uprising-related control scheme news or anything, but we Continue reading…