A hacker who made a number of death threats in Japan has been jailed in a case that captured the nation
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Cloud Gaming Supercomputer Starts Trials With Final Fantasy VII
Japanese firm Shinra Technologies to deliver games through the cloud, making consoles redundant
Why Fujitsu Grows Lettuces In Fukushima – CEO
Masami Yamamoto, head of Fujitsu, explains why the Japanese giant is growing high-tech lettuce next door to the nuclear disaster site
Fujitsu And Panasonic To Combine Chip Design Efforts
The new venture will be fabless, hire employees from both companies
Toshiba And SanDisk Sue Hynix For Industrial Espionage
The engineer who leaked proprietary information is in custody
Buffalo Technology Launches Entry-Level NAS Series
LinkStation 210 and LinkStation 220 offer mobile-friendly networked storage
Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure To Japan
Microsoft opens two data centres in Japan as it delivers on Azure promise for the land of the Rising Sun
Sony Confirms Restructuring Plans And Vaio Sale
After several days of speculation, Sony has confirmed plans to restructure its electronics business
NTT DoCoMo Delays Tizen Smartphone Launch
Samsung-backed operating system suffers yet another setback
Box Targets Japan, Latin America And Australia In $100m Expansion Push
Box gains new partners and investment as it looks to increase its global footprint
EU And Japan Partner For 100 Gbps Internet
Japan and Europe have teamed up on a number of research projects, including one to develop 100 Gbps Internet technologies
Visual Tools Track Cyber Attacks In Real Time
~SEcurity staff are overwhelmed with data. Wayne Rash says we must use visualisation tools
Japan Police Want To Block Nefarious Tor Use
Some fear Japanese police move could lead to a blanket ban of the anonymising service
Japan Updates Piracy Laws With Threat Of Prison
Up to two years in confinement for “knowingly” downloading a single copyrighted file
Sony Mobile To Cut 1,000 Jobs
The unit formerly known as Sony Ericsson moves its headquarters to Japan
Fujitsu, NEC And DoCoMo Create A Chip Design Company
Japanese tech manufacturers unite to take on Qualcomm in the mobile chip market
Six Arrested Over Japanese Porn Blackmail Virus
Salarymen find new sources of income by running porn blackmail scam
US Leapfrogs Japan In Supercomputer Race
The US is now home to the world's most powerful computer, thanks to an IBM monster machine
Sony Cuts 10,000 Jobs, Suffers Record Losses
New CEO Kazuo Hirai has to make tough decisions at Sony
Trans-Polar Fibre Links Proposed To Cut London-Japan Latency
Three companies aim to use the North-West Passage for faster fibre cabling
Panasonic, Fujitsu and Renesas May Merge System Chip Operations
The three Japanese chip-makers are in talks about a potential merger in a government-backed deal
Japan Develops Defensive Cyberweapon Arsenal
Japanese military plans to deal with an offensive cyber-attack on the country and its infrastructure have been revealed
Google Takes Street View To Post-Tsunami Japan
Google adds 'before and after' images of areas of Japan affected by March's earthquake and tsunami
Rohm’s 30Gbps Processor Works In THz Band
A processor is being developed in Japan that will penetrate skin and paper at speeds up to 30Gbps
Japan Shows Its Moves Into The Mobile Market
The CeaTac show is a chance to see how Japanese tech is faring against South Korea, China and Taiwan
Tablet And e-Reader Boost For Semiconductor Sales
Tablet and e-reader demand blunts the impact of the Japanese disasters on the semiconductor industry
Gartner: Tsunami Failed To Dampen IT Sales
Despite the Japanese disasters, Gartner estimates global IT spending will jump to $3.7 trillion this year
Data Centres – Watch Japan’s Energy Crisis
Japan's energy crisis is bringing about changes to data centres. The same thing will have to happen here, says Peter Judge
Japan Reclaims Supercomputing Crown
The computing arms race continues with the news that Japan now has the world's most powerful supercomputer
iRobot Sends Army Droids Into Japanese Nuclear Plant
Robots originally designed for the US military are surveying the damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plants