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View at own risk: Five insanely addictive Japanese commercials

Blogs Since coming to Japan I've been trying to watch as much television as possible in the hopes that the language might gradually seep into my brain. Unfortunately, by doing so, I've ... Read story »

Softbank ads getting stranger and stranger

Blogs Many of you might have already seen the unusual Softbank ad portraying Brad Pitt as a sumo wrestler's personal assistant. If that's not weird enough for you, the latest batch of ... Read story »

Footage of China's Hu with Toshiba ad is banned

Blogs Many of you will remember the controversy caused back in October after Chinese Netizens complained that their National Day Parade was tainted by an ad for a Japanese company. Hu Jintao's ... Read story »

Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED screen

Crave There's more than meets the eye for this giant OLED screen showcased by Mitsubishi at Ceatec Japan 2009. And we're not referring to Michael Bay's Hollywood hit, Transformers. You see, ... Read story »

Nintendo turns broadcaster: Original shows coming to Wii

Crave With the hottest and most affordable video games console on the market today still doing business like economists in a recession, Nintendo is in the perfect position to exploit its Wii ... Read story »

The Last Word on Malaysian broadband... uncut + final cut

Blogs My very first blog for CNET Asia was on February 5, 2007. And I wrote about broadband. I wrote about how lousy the broadband was. How expensive it was for the ... Read story »

More Creative YouTube marketing in Japan

Blogs This time it's from Pringles potato chips. I just received a notification that shaberingles has subscribed to my videos on YouTube. I'm not sure if its strategy is to make videos ... Read story »

myGengo: Exciting developments in translation

Blogs Those who have been following my ramblings for a long time (Hi, mom!) might remember a piece I did back in 2007 about online translating communities in China. Entire books can ... Read story »

Nintendo's answer to Project Natal

Crave Wii Vitality Sensor: Lets you know if you're alive? Yesterday, Microsoft raised the bar on the mainstream-interactive landscape with the demonstration of its futuristic Project Natal. Today, Nintendo had a ... Read story »

Check the train schedule while you eat sushi...in Japan

Crave Tech-On reports that Fujitsu is currently conducting a test of the Kindle-like FLEPia mobile information terminal in Tokyo at the Termina Kinshicho Fujiya Restaurant. The test is being conducted as a ... Read story »

Unicycle-riding girlbot hits the road

Crave If Eve from Wall-E and Rosie the Robot Maid from The Jetsons had a love child... Bicycle-riding robot Murata Boy has a cute new cousin--and she's so one-upping him by ... Read story »

Flexible poster combines OLED, LED

Crave While we're still waiting for OLED TVs to get more realistic prices, a Japanese company is moving on to making OLED-based posters for advertising. The prototype, pictured above as a ... Read story »

Hitachi's "green" refrigerator turns out blue

Crave Going "green" is a huge movement, with companies around the world releasing products that have less and less of an environmental impact--or, at least, that's what they want us to ... Read story »

The decade's 25 biggest tech flops

Features Just months away from closing out the first decade of the 21st century, we take stock of all the good and bad tech that happened over the last 10 years.  Read story »

JVC debuts 3D monitor for enterprise market

Crave The JVC GD-463D10 and the bundled 3D glasses. After recently launching an HD monitor for the professional publishing houses, JVC is now offering a 3D equivalent targeted at the movie production ... Read story »

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