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  • Infinita.tv makes sure you stay on top of Japan’s mobile tech scene

    Infinita.tv makes sure you stay on top of Japan’s mobile tech scene

    Posted on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Everyone pretty much agrees that Japan boasts the most advanced mobile infrastructure in the world. After all, this is the country with 100 million 3G subscribers, 120 new handsets every year, the first mobile phone featuring a decent web browser (in 1999) etc. etc. But it's pretty hard to keep up with what's going in Japan's super-vibrant mobile world if you don't live here (I'm trying to keep MobileCrunch readers informed with my postings), which is why I'd like to recommend a new(ish) site called Infinita.tv that I recently stumbled upon.

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  • Nearly 7 million Nintendo DSis have been sold, let’s just call it a hit

    Nearly 7 million Nintendo DSis have been sold, let’s just call it a hit

    Posted on August 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The Nintendo DSi launched in Japan on November 1st, 2008 and the first 170,000 were sold out within two days. 435,000 were sold during the first week here in the States, and UK gamers snatched up 92,000 units during the first weekend. But in all, Nintendo has sold nearly 7 million DSis and over 100 [...]

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  • MPAA will hound isoHunt founder till the End of Days

    MPAA will hound isoHunt founder till the End of Days

    Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Comments
    You wouldn't want to be isoHunt founder Gary Fung these days. He's currently facing an MPAA lawsuit that could well result in fines in the millions of dollars. (TorrentSpy was ordered to cough up $100 million last year.) And even if Mr. Fung doesn't have that kind of money, and he doesn't, the MPAA is prepared to pursue any judgment “for the rest of his life.” The MPAA sounds like it means business.

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  • Who knew? MagicJack is flying off the shelves

    Who knew? MagicJack is flying off the shelves

    Posted on June 28, 2009 | No Comments
    More proof (see: the Perfect Pushup and the Snuggie.) that having a quirky, on-all-the-time commercial is a step in the right direction toward Big Success. MagicJack is selling something at the rate of 9,000 to 10,000 units per day, making its parent company, YMax Communications, some $100 million this year alone. But, in this age of Skype, who's buying this thing?

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  • World’s largest laser opens for business in California

    World’s largest laser opens for business in California

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Another day, another laser... well, not so fast. This particular laser just so happens to officially carry the "world's largest title." Built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, and housed in the National Ignition Facility -- or NIF -- it was completed at the end of March, and has just now been officially dedicated and opened for business. The laser inside the three-football field-sized building will aim to create a "star" on earth by focusing 192 beams at a pea-sized target, generating temperatures over 100 million degrees and pressure over 100 billion times the earth's atmosphere. The process will create nuclear fusion -- the reaction that powers the sun and the stars. it sounds pretty complicated, and we'd hate to be in town if something goes awry, but we're crossing our fingers for the team! Hit the read link for much, much more information about the project.

    [Via Physorg]

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