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  • NEC BIGLOBE Launches Android App-Review Site “andronavi”

    NEC BIGLOBE Launches Android App-Review Site “andronavi”

    Posted on September 21, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Pioneer’s Elite A/V Receivers Give Home Theater a Brain Transplant

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announced its new line of six Elite A/V receivers that do the thinking for the home theater, by offering connectivity features to streamline entertainment and deliver top notch sound in the home. For the first time, Pioneer is adding two models, VSX-30 and VSX-31, to the line at more affordable $550 and $650 price points. Key new features include enhanced iPhone and iPod touch control and functionality, Bluetooth connectiv

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  • Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    We've shown you the LifeTouch [JP], NEC's first stab at making a touchscreen tablet PC, on Monday, and now we got pointed to a video that shows the device in action. To recap, the LifeTouch is a seven-inch Android 2.1-based tablet running on an ARM Cortex A8 CPU (more info).

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  • Confirmed: Fujitsu and Toshiba to merge cell phone units, go international

    Confirmed: Fujitsu and Toshiba to merge cell phone units, go international

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    We reported last week that two of Japan's top cell phone makers, Fujitsu and Toshiba, were in talks to merge their cell phone businesses. And today, we have the rumor confirmed. Under the agreement, Toshiba will spin off its handset unit and Fujitsu is expected to take the majority stake in the joint venture (between a whopping 70 and 80%, according to reports in Japanese media).

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  • LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    A number of Japanese companies, for example NTT, have announced or hinted at tablet PCs in the past months, but NEC is the first to actually name, spec and date its first model. Dubbed LifeTouch [JP], the NEC tablet will feature a 7-inch TFT LCD screen (800x480 resolution), weigh 400 grams, and run on Android 2.1.

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  • First sales survey indicates iPad is big hit in Japan

    First sales survey indicates iPad is big hit in Japan

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    The iPhone turned out to be a mega-hit in Japan's competitive cell phone market, and the iPad is poised to replicate this success. Tokyo-based market research firm BCN [JP] today said Apple's share of the domestic notebook market more than tripled in May (on a month-to-month basis) to reach 11.5% - thanks to the iPad.

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  • NEC outs 3D-enabled projector

    NEC outs 3D-enabled projector

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    And yet another 3D-related news item. This time, it's NEC (or NEC Display Technologies, to be more exact), which today announced [JP] a new 3D-enabled DLP projector. The announcement comes not even one week after the company priced and spec'd their 3D-powered desktop PC.

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  • New Japanese cell phone behemoth NEC Casio Mobile to go America soon

    New Japanese cell phone behemoth NEC Casio Mobile to go America soon

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    We reported last year that NEC, Hitachi and Casio were in negotiations to merge their cell phone operations to become Japan’s second biggest manufacturer, following Sharp. And the new company, which is called NEC Casio Mobile Communications and was established on May 1, just yesterday announced ambitious expansion plans.

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  • AirSwing: Toshiba’s gesture-based UI system in action (video)

    AirSwing: Toshiba’s gesture-based UI system in action (video)

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Natural user interfaces using gestures aren't really new, but AirSwing, a technology developed by Toshiba, offers something unique: it neither requires expensive hardware nor substantial CPU resources to work. After installing AirSwing (which is in prototype stage) on your computer, all you need is just a conventional web cam as the input device to start.

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  • NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Valuestar N VN790/BS - that's the name of the 3D PC that NEC today announced [JP] for the Japanese market. The company's faster than expected: just last month, NEC teased such a machine in Tokyo, saying it's likely to ship by October 2010. But Japan will get the PC as early as next month. And it appears to be a pretty cool machine.

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  • NEC rolls out Windows CE-based N-08B MID / phone for Japan

    NEC rolls out Windows CE-based N-08B MID / phone for Japan

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    The chances of this one ever making its way to these shores are about as slim as can be, but it looks like folks in Japan will soon be able to get their hands on NEC's new N-08B, which is part phone and part MID (but mostly MID). Relying on the venerable Windows CE operating system, this one packs a 4.6-inch, 854 x 480 display (non-touchscreen, it seems), along with a full QWERTY keyboard complete with a trackpoint-like pointer, WiFi and 3G connectivity, a micro SD card slot for expansion, a 3.1 megapixel camera, and a promised 350 minutes of talk time when used as a phone. Still no indication of a price, but this one will apparently be available on NTT DoCoMo in August.

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  • Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Another day, another 3D-related tech news item from Japan. This time, it's a 3D-powered desktop PC Fujitsu is currently demoing at a two-day company event (Fujitsu Forum [JP]) in Tokyo. It's not only able to display 3D images but also has a 3D camera built-in (just above the display).

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  • New software converts 2D cell phone games into 3D

    New software converts 2D cell phone games into 3D

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    3D continues to be a hot topic in the tech world. Tokyo-based middleware company HI Corp. today announced [JP] it has developed software that makes it possible to convert regular 2D cell phone games into 3D games. HI claims its image-rendering software, the new version of "MascotCapsule", lets users then play the 3D games without glasses.

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  • New NEC technology detects pirated online videos “in seconds”

    New NEC technology detects pirated online videos “in seconds”

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Software that helps to detect "illegal" video content on the web automatically isn't really new, but NEC claims its technology has two selling points that sets it apart from similar solutions: speed and accuracy. The company says its system can identify pirated video material in a "matter of seconds", with a detection rate of 96% and at a false alarm rate of just five in one million cases.

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  • NEC develops eco-friendly, super-efficient CPU cooling system

    NEC develops eco-friendly, super-efficient CPU cooling system

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    NEC has developed an eco-friendly cooling system for CPUs, claiming the technology [JP] uses uses 60% less energy than a water-cooling system and even 80% less than an air-cooling system. The core of the system is a liquid chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) substitute, which circulates around the CPU to draw away heat and has low greenhouse effects.

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