The quarterly publication from Akamai “The State of the Internet” 4th quarter 2009 is available. The report looks at global internet connectivity such as internet penetration and speed; and security issues such as attack traffic. According to the report, the top attack traffic originating county is still Russia, originating 13% of the global attacks. Port 445...
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As the economy of China grows, the number of wealthy Chinese who can afford overseas holidays and top medical care also grows. Japan is trying to capture part of these markets in one go, pushing for travel tours that combine sightseeing and medical treatment to wealthy Chinese tourists. They are promoting tours that offer...
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Calil.jp provides one-stop book searching of over 4300 libraries all over Japan together with Amazon database in real time, the website was officially launch on 10 March 2010. Users can cross search multiple libraries for specific books and their availability for borrowing. A users can specify a search from one specific library or a number...
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A 46 years old man in Japan was arrested for violation of Copyright Act (Infringement of Public Transmission Rights), that is, putting copyrightable material on the World Wide Web or an FTP server etc, by providing links to uploaded music files in overseas storage site. He was arrested in connection of personally creating a large...
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The open source office productivity suite OpenOffice.org is slowly but gradually gaining  acceptance and support in governments and enterprises all around the world. The strength of the product of course is its unbeatable price, which is free, no-charge, zero, null; but also its real powerful office document processing capabilities. The other appeal of OpenOffice.org is...
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The survey is conducted by Japan.internet.com and iBridge Research+ (Research Plus). The research surveyed 300 people between the age of 20 to 60, 49% male, 51% female. The age distribution is 18.7% in their 20’s, 33.2% in 30’s, 26.3% in 40’s, 12.7% in 50’s, and 9% in 60’s. The survey asked people which search services they...
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Panasonic’s world first Full HD (High Definition) 3D TV in 54-inch and 50-inch plasma display will be launching in Japan on 23 April 2010. The new technology being used on this new HD 3D TV is called “Frame Sequential” which produces pictures for left eye then right eye alternatively. A special “Active Shutter 3D Glasses”...
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People on the Japanese islands of Okinawa (沖縄) were not only famous for their long life span but also the health quality of their elderly. Their centenarians are not only very old but most are able to enjoy active and happy life styles. According to the World Health Organization (2006) and Japan Ministry of Health,...
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Baidu, China largest search engine and third largest in the world, and Rakuten, Japan largest e-commerce company, announce a joint venture aiming to establish and operate China largest online shopping mall. The online shopping mall will create a platform for other businesses to establish their internet outlets to provide products and services to the vast...
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With the advance of 3D movies from Hollywood, and TV makers announcing launching 3D TV in the coming months, Sky Perfect JSAT will they will start offering 3D content from 2010 summer, the announcement was made on the 27th January. 3D TV is being seen as revolutionary as TV switching from black and white to...
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