Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from October 2007

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from October 2007

Sony, German firm to set up joint DRAM-designing firm in Tokyo.
October 6, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 2 Kyodo Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will set up a joint venture with Qimonda AG, a German semiconductor maker, in Tokyo in December to design high-performance and customer-specific dynamic random access memory chips. The...

Toshiba, Microsoft forming consortium for HD DVD products.
October 6, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 5 Kyodo Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. and U.S. computer operating system developer Microsoft Corp. said Friday they will form a consortium soon to promote products for the high-definition DVD system, a...

Fujitsu British unit announces tender offer for Sweden's Mandator.
October 13, 2007... LONDON, Oct. 9 Kyodo Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday one of its British units, Fujitsu Services Ltd., will launch a friendly tender offer for all the shares in Swedish information technology consultancy firm Mandator AB. The bid, worth 508...

Sony to cut prices of PS3 in Japan.
October 13, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 9 Kyodo Sony Corp.'s game division said Tuesday it will slash the prices of its PlayStation 3 game consoles in Japan by about 5,000 yen next week in step with the launch of a new model equipped with a 40 gigabyte hard disk...

2ND LD: Groups led by cellphone firms file for new wireless service licenses.
October 13, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 11 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH NTT DOCOMO FILING APPLICATION) Groups led by mobile phone service providers Softbank Corp., KDDI Corp. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. each applied to the government Thursday for a license to provide...

Marubeni unit discovers info leak affecting 14,000 online shoppers.
October 13, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 12 Kyodo Marubeni Infotec Corp. said Friday information on up to 14,000 customers of its ''@Sola Shop'' online shopping site has been leaked as a result of illegal access to a server. The leak was discovered because the...

Sony BMG to supply music to MySpace.
October 20, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 16 Kyodo Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. and major social media network MySpace said Tuesday they have signed a new licensing agreement which enables MySpace's 70 million U.S. monthly active users to experience music...

Olympus unveils top-grade digital single-lens reflex camera.
October 20, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 17 Kyodo Olympus Imaging Corp. said Wednesday it will release the E-3 digital single-lens reflex camera on Nov. 23 which is designed to meet the needs of professional and highly skilled photographers. The model is the...

LEAD: Sony to sell facilities for making game console chips to Toshiba.
October 20, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 18 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING SONY GROUP'S ALLIANCE WITH IBM, DETAILS) Sony Corp. said Thursday it has reached a basic agreement with Toshiba Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. to sell Sony facilities for producing chips...

Japan Post to offer online printing service for New Year cards.
October 20, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 18 Kyodo Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday it will offer an online service to prepare New Year's cards for delivery without dropping them into a mailbox. The holding company of postal services providers, created Oct. 1...

Bridgestone develops A3-size color electronic paper.
October 20, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 19 Kyodo Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. said Friday it has developed an ''electronic paper'' technology that can show color images on a display as large as A3 size, or 297 by 420 millimeters. Designed to mimic the appearance...

Xbox tops Wii in U.S. sales in Sept.
October 27, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 22 Kyodo The Xbox 360 home videogame console of Microsoft Corp. surpassed its rival Wii of Nintendo Co. in September sales in the U.S. market for the first time this year, according to a survey by the market research firm...

Hitachi to halt producing PCs for individual users.
October 27, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 23 Kyodo Hitachi Ltd. will stop manufacturing personal computers for individual users as it has become increasingly unprofitable in light of a fall in prices due to excessive competition, sources familiar with the matter said...

Yahoo Japan expands April-September profit on robust sales.(Financial report)
October 27, 2007... TOKYO, Oct. 24 Kyodo Internet service provider Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its group net profit in the April-September fiscal first half rose 9.2 percent from a year earlier to 29.27 billion yen as sales scored a brisk rise of 17.2...