Articles on Japan

All-in-one CD recorder for cassette and vinyl heads - Jul 16, 2009

Crave The new Teac LP-R550 is really all you need to archive your old cassettes and vinyl. Not only does it comes with a tape deck and a turntable, the jukebox ... Read story »

World's first 2TB digital video recorder - Jul 31, 2009

Crave In terms of sheer recording capacity, nothing really comes close to the upcoming Panasonic DIGA DMR-BW970 digital video recorder (DVR). It's possibly the world's first 2TB DVR which can record ... Read story »

More Creative YouTube marketing in Japan - May 8, 2009

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 »

Electric car battery swap station trial in Japan - May 15, 2009

Crave Japan's Ministry of the Environment announced a program this week to test electric vehicles and a network of charging stations, some supplied by auto startup Better Place. The electric vehicle feasibility ... Read story »

Is Sony dropping 80GB PS3 in Japan? - Aug 5, 2009

Crave In Japan, the PS3 comes in silver, black, and white. The rumors of the impending arrival of a new PlayStation 3 are growing more fierce as new hints seem to ... Read story »

USB Noodle Strainer - Oct 12, 2004

Crave We love our noodles here in Asia, but why on earth would anyone need a USB-powered noodle strainer? Japanese instructions being what they are (or aren't), we're still baffled by how ... Read story »

Japan develops walking gel for future robots - May 7, 2009

Crave Attack of the killer blob. Say what? This time, the innovative Japanese have dreamed up an invention that's just too weird for words. New Scientist describes it as a chemical ... Read story »

A magic ball for your health - May 19, 2009

Crave Health check on this one. For a mere US$39, the Body Check Ball sounds like a dodgy proposition in terms of claiming to calculate your body fat. More so when ... Read story »

Internet Karma: The secret to profit in online publishing - Jul 31, 2009

Blogs Note: I get a quota of one cheesy headline per month, so I'm using this one before July is over. Yesterday, I attended a Tokyo tweet-up hosted by Thomas Crampton at ... Read story »

Why the Chinese have come out with their own Kindle - Jul 22, 2009

Blogs At the Tokyo Digital Publishing Fair held earlier this month, the Founder Group Corp., a Japanese unit of Peking University and a major player in the Chinese IT sector, introduced a ... Read story »

Superheadz introduces its first digicam, the Digital Harinezumi - May 13, 2009

Crave Japanese design firm Superheadz is well-renowned for its innovative film cameras such as the Blackbird, Fly and the cutesy Ikimono. However, the company has recently introduced its first digital camera, ... Read story »

Toshiba's 1GHz smartphone now available in Japan - Jun 23, 2009

Crave The Toshiba TG01 was announced earlier this year as the first Windows Mobile device to sport a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. It was spied at various tradeshows but hasn't been ... Read story »

DIY retro Paper Speakers for papercraft hobbyists - Jul 1, 2009

Crave For an idea of what you've let yourself in for, check out the step-by-step pdf. Sorry, not for me the oodles of patience required for intricate paper folding to assemble ... Read story »

Philippines remains swine flu free, chairs Asean+3 health summit on A(H1N1) - May 20, 2009

Blogs The Philippines, which thankfully still has no cases of influenza A(H1N1) a.k.a. swine flu after a baby suspected of being infected with the virus tested negative, is batting for greater regional ... Read story »

Tamagotchi Connection - Aug 12, 2004

Crave Just like virtual pets to regenerate when you thought you'd seen the last of these kawaii Tamas. Japanese toy maker Bandai has hatched a devious upgrade to hook a global-scale following ... Read story »

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