Japan's banks expected to spend USD 18.2 billion by 2012 on technology ePaymentsnews Network (subscription), Canada - 10 hours ago In 2007 Japan's banks spent on technology USD 14.7 billion and estimates show that the sum will reach USD 18.2 billion by 2012, growing at a five-year ...
Flickr mashup on Google App Engine from Japan
Here comes a new idea directly from Japan to make life on the web a little easier.
Llamerada, a Japanese web engineer, coded a Flickr mashup on AJAX interface. He announced the release today on his blog.
So what is this about?
The basic idea is to make search on Flickr more comfortable. Llamerada wanted to display as [...]
Is Japan trying to militarise space? (New Scientist)
A new law expected to be passed by the Japanese parliament will allow the country to have a military presence in space for the first time. But don't panic. Japan isn't gearing up to make space into a shooting gallery....
Strong typhoon heads towards Japan
A strong typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is heading towards Japan but looks set to narrowly miss landfall, the meteorological agency said. (Sydney Morning Herald)
MediaFLO and 1Seg Multi-Mode TV Tuner
Qualcomm announced that it has successfully demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO and ISDB-T (1Seg) mobile TV standards on a multi-mode handset. Powered by their Universal Broadcast Modem -- UBM -- chipset, "the technology illustrates that MediaFLO technology can complement the free-to-air standard used in Japan and Brazil to enable a mix of free and paid mobile broadcast content and services to drive consumer adoption and revenue." See our video interview with MediaFLO recorded here in 2006.
