Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from March 2005

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from March 2005

Sony Ericsson launches Walkman cellphone.(Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... LONDON, March 1 Kyodo Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB on Tuesday announced the launch of the W800, the first Walkman brand mobile phone which allows owners to listen to music, handle phone calls and take pictures and video. The...

Microsoft turns to more Japanese game developers for next Xbox.(partnership with Yoshiki Okamoto of Game Republic Inc. and Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... NEW YORK, March 3 Kyodo Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has teamed up with video game developers Yoshiki Okamoto and Tetsuya Mizuguchi to create games for exclusive use in the next-generation Xbox console. Okamoto, president of Game...

Yahoo! marks 10th anniversary.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... NEW YORK, March 2 Kyodo Popular Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. of the United States marked its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, featuring special sections about its history on the website. David Filo and Jerry Yang, PhD candidates at...

Fuji TV's Hieda rules out possibility of tie-up with Livedoor.(Hisashi Hieda, Fuji Television Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo Fuji Television Network Inc. Chairman Hisashi Hieda on Thursday ruled out the possibility of the TV broadcaster teaming up with Internet service provider Livedoor Co. Fuji TV has tied up with Internet mall operator...

Baseball: Rakuten to broadcast home games via Web for fee.(Rakuten Eagles)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... TOKYO, March 4 Kyodo The Rakuten Eagles said Friday they have begun selling memberships for an Internet club allowing members to watch all of the Pacific League team's home games live through their Net mall called Rakuten Ichiba for an...

IBM Japan overtakes Fujitsu as top server supplier in Japan.(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo IBM Japan Ltd. overtook Fujitsu Ltd. as the top server supplier in Japan in 2004 on a value basis, high-tech equipment market research agency Gartner Japan Ltd. said Wednesday. IBM Japan posted 140.41 billion...

Konica Minolta revises down group net profit forecast for FY 2004.
March 21, 2005... TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. on Thursday revised downward its group net profit estimate for the year to March 31 to 7 billion yen, citing weaker-than-expected sales at its multifunctional-photocopier and digital...

Matsushita to introduce mobile audio player rivaling iPod.(Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd.)
March 21, 2005... OSAKA, March 17 Kyodo Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday it will put on the market April 8 the D-snap, a mobile digital handset that can play music transferred from compact disks onto an SD card. Unlike Apple Computer...

Sony Marketing to introduce card-sized digital camera.(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... TOKYO, March 18 Kyodo Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. said Friday it will sell a card-sized digital still camera from April 15. The Cyber-shot DSC-T7, whose thinnest part is 9.8 millimeters, is a 5.1 million pixel camera with a 3X...

Sony ordered to pay $90.7 mil. in patent infringement suit.(Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... LOS ANGELES, March 25 Kyodo The U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, has ordered Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and its U.S. unit to pay $90.7 million in damages to Immersion Corp. for patent infringement over controllers used...

Hitachi Zosen to appoint Furukawa as next president.(Minoru Furukawa)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... OSAKA, March 28 Kyodo Heavy machinery and engineering company Hitachi Zosen Corp. said Monday that Minoru Furukawa, a senior managing director, will replace Takenao Shigefuji as president. Furukawa, 61, joined the Osaka-based company...

Trend Micro to help major China Internet portal reduce spam, viruses.(signs agreement with Sina.com)
March 28, 2005... BEIJING, March 28 Kyodo Trend Micro Inc., a Tokyo-based Internet security firm, said Monday it has signed an agreement with Sina.com, one of the top Internet portals in China, to help the Chinese company reduce junk e-mail and computer...