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Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from May 2008
2ND LD: Microsoft gives up bid to acquire Yahoo.
May 5, 2008... NEW YORK, May 4 Kyodo
(EDS: ADDING INFO)
U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it has given up its bid to acquire major Internet portal Yahoo Inc. as the two sides failed to agree on the value of the acquisition.
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Dainippon Screen, DuPont to develop know-how for large OLED displays.
May 12, 2008... OSAKA, May 8 Kyodo
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. said Thursday it and U.S. chemical maker DuPont Co. will jointly develop know-how for the low-cost production of large organic light emitting diode displays for next-generation flat-screen...
Rakuten begins distribution services for goods ordered via Net mall.(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... TOKYO, May 8 Kyodo
Leading Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. said Thursday it has started offering tenants at its ''Rakuten Ichiba'' wide-ranging distribution services for commodities ordered via the online mall.
The...
LEAD: Softbank achieves record earnings on mobile phone service growth.
May 12, 2008... TOKYO, May 8 Kyodo
(EDS: ADDING INFO IN 3RD-5TH GRAFS AND 7TH GRAFS)
Softbank Corp. said Thursday it achieved record group sales and profit in fiscal 2007 on the brisk growth of its new mobile phone division.
Its group net profit...
KDDI sees 1st net subscription fall in 7 years and 9 months.
May 12, 2008... TOKYO, May 9 Kyodo
KDDI Corp. saw the first net fall in number of subscribers in seven years and nine months in April as it ended its ''Tu-Ka'' second-generation mobile phone service at the end of March, an industry body said Friday.
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Microsoft, Yahoo explore alternative business tie-up deal.
May 19, 2008... NEW YORK, May 19 Kyodo
U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. said Sunday that it has offered to major Internet portal Yahoo Inc. an alternative deal for a business tie-up after earlier giving up a bid for full acquisition of Yahoo.
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Industry bodies devise guidelines for limiting heavy Net users.(Brief article)
May 26, 2008... TOKYO, May 23 Kyodo
Four Internet-related industry bodies on Friday unveiled a set of guidelines to be referred to by Net service providers when limiting heavy users' data communications to ease online congestion.
The guidelines have...