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North Asia open-source group firms up plans
News The three North Asian countries in an alliance to develop an open source alternative to Windows moved a step closer to concrete action on Friday.
Sony co-founder Morita dies at 78
News Akio Morita, one of the two co-founders and an honorary chairman of Sony passed away this morning at a hospital in Tokyo, the company has announced. He was 78.
BroadVision: M'sia contributes 35% to Asean sales
News Nasdaq-listed BroadVision Inc said sales from Malaysia contributed 35 percent of the company's overall Asean sales in fiscal year 2000, the company's first year of active business in the country.
Google Street View goes live in Australia, Japan
News The island nations are now visible through Google Maps' Street View service.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Australia, Europe, 3D, Sydney, Japan, Osaka
Japanese police: Calling all 3G phones
News People with third-generation mobile phones, which are capable of capturing video footage, are being called on to assist in Japan's fight against crime.
Short Take: Crippled rapist recruits accomplices via Net
News A Japanese man, who has been wheelchair-bound since a car accident, did not let his disability stop him from a crime spree. Akihiko Kamimura, 27, used the Internet to recruit accomplices.
Japan: Schoolkids to be tagged with RFID chips
News Authorities at the city of Osaka have decided tracking kids with RFID tags is a good way to ensure their safety.
C&W denies plans to build Japan phone line network
News Cable & Wireless Plc, the UK's second-biggest traditional phone company, has denied a report in the Sunday Telegraph that it plans to spend 500 million pounds (US$745 million) to build a telecommunications network across Japan.
NTT units to halve rate of fiber-optic Net service
News Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp's regional phone units will offer high-speed Internet access via fiber-optic cables in May or June at less than half the current rate charged.
Futures trading gets Asia connection
News Osaka is the latest in a list of securities exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region that have hooked up to a global trading platform.
Tags: Business applications, Investments, Banking
AMD files antitrust complaint against Intel
News Allegations include claims that Intel has unlawfully monopolized the x86 microprocessor market by threatening retaliation for customers that introduce AMD platforms.
Tags: Processors, Antitrust
VeriSign expands networks in Asia
Cobrand The company has built new communications networks in Japan, which it says will help roaming operators overcome reliability and performance woes.
Portuguese pooches to get radio-tagged
News A maker of radio frequency identification chips wins a deal to insert the technology in thousands of dogs.
Tags: RFID
Nintendo's profit rises 72% on foreign-currency gains
News Nintendo Co's annual profit surged 72 percent after the weaker yen boosted the value of the No 2 video-game maker's foreign-currency holdings.
Japan's Airlines boost ties with online ticket plan
News Japan's three biggest airlines said they will create a common electronic-commerce site that will coordinate ticket sales and reservations as the companies forge closer ties to head off competition and reduce costs.
