Articles on Japan

Return of the nutty Motz MP3 players - Jun 23, 2009

Crave The Motz Acorn MP3 player is one of three Motz brand designs for sale through Cowon Japan. The quirky, DIY-friendly line of Motz MP3 players have been keeping a low-profile ... Read story »

StarHub pushes for Android apps development in Singapore - Jun 18, 2009

Crave StarHub, one of three telco operators in Singapore, today announced an application development campaign specifically for the Android platform. This will run from July 1 through to August 15, and is ... Read story »

Can I block Twitter too? - Jun 3, 2009

Blogs This has nothing to do with Japan, I know, but I felt compelled to say something about China's recent block of Twitter (and Hotmail and Flickr) and the ensuing gush of ... Read story »

Nikon and Fujitsu team up to make firmware for Nikon cameras - Jul 2, 2009

Crave Unlikely duo Japanese imaging giant Nikon and electronics maker Fujitsu have teamed up to form a separate branch named Nikon Imaging Systems Inc. According to the press release, the firmware ... Read story »

Sleep Doctor - Jul 11, 2006

Crave More pillow talk from the land which has brought you the Bust Pillow, Lap Pillow and Boyfriend's Arm Pillow. This one's a little more effective in bringing on those zzzs. Cushioned ... Read story »

Passing the torch - Nov 3, 2008

Blogs While many of you are likely keeping tabs on tomorrow's Presidential Election, an even more important transition is taking place here on Little Red Blog. As I hinted in my last ... Read story »

Made-in-Italy vending machine serves fresh pizza in 3 minutes - Mar 31, 2009

Crave Mind you, this serves fresh pizza as opposed to frozen. Still game for it? Mama Mia! Can a country like Italy, which is fussy over the freshness of its ingredients ... Read story »

Nikon debuts first multimedia playback headsets - Nov 6, 2008

Crave Has Nikon gone into the portable entertainment space? Come December 12, the camera manufacturer will be unleashing two multimedia playback headsets that mark its entry into a brand new genre. The ... Read story »

PlayStation 3 Slim photos - Aug 19, 2009

Features The PlayStation 3 slim is noticeably smaller than the original PS3, has a 120GB hard drive, and is headed for Asia some time in September and October.  Read story »

Adobe now supports RAW for Panasonic GF1 - Sep 16, 2009

Crave The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1. Adobe Systems on Monday released Lightroom 2.5 and the Camera Raw 5.5 Photoshop plug-in, software updates that add support for two high-profile Nikon SLRs, Olympus' ambitious ... Read story »

Dual-core Atom Netbooks coming out of the woodwork - Aug 24, 2009

Crave The Prime Note Cresion NA with dual-core Atom processor. While the rest of the world is waiting for the new Pine Trail platform to add HD video playback capability to ... Read story »

ST DuPont joins the luxury phone race with Pantech's "Sky" - Sep 27, 2009

Blogs Korea's other mobile giant Pantech has announced a new luxury mobile phone with French brand ST DuPont. The product name is Sky DuPont IM-510LE, and it will be available through number ... Read story »

Ordinary handsets to get Wi-Fi via microSD cards - Jul 24, 2009

Crave KDDI is showcasing two microSD cards at Wireless Japan 2009. Japanese mobile carrier KDDI is showcasing a neat way for providing ordinary cell phones with Wi-Fi. The trick is to ... Read story »

Japan's yen for vending machines - Oct 17, 2007

Crave In Japan, you walk. A lot. Mostly because taxis are expensive, and buses are few and far in between. I had that opportunity recently to rediscover unused calf muscles and sore ... Read story »

Can Panasonic save plasma? - Feb 16, 2009

Features CNET editor David Carnoy offers his opinions on the future of plasma TV and Panasonic's role in this display technology's survival.  Read story »

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