Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from September 2004

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from September 2004

Samsung to launch mobile camera phone with 1.5G HDD in mid-Sept.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... SEOUL, Sept. 8 Kyodo Samsung Electronics Co., the world's third-largest maker of mobile phones, will launch a new 1-megapixel camera phone with a 1.5-gigabyte hard disk drive in mid-September, company officials said Wednesday. The new...

Fujitsu units develop human-assisting robots.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 13 Kyodo Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Frontech Ltd. said Monday they have jointly developed humanoid robots able to guide people or transport things. The two companies, affiliated with major computer maker Fujitsu...

NTT unit to offer music info via cellphones.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 13 Kyodo NTT-Resonant Inc. said Monday it will begin a service in November to inform subscribers of song titles and names of singers via their mobile phones. The service will enable subscribers to know the titles or...

Sony unveils PDA with next-generation organic EL display.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 14 Kyodo Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc., an arm of Sony Corp., said Tuesday it will begin selling a personal digital assistant Sept. 25 equipped with an organic electroluminescent display, a next-generation monitor. The CLIE...

Fujitsu units develop human-assisting robots.(Fujitsu Frontech Ltd)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 13 Kyodo Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Frontech Ltd. said Monday they have jointly developed humanoid robots able to guide people or transport things. The two companies, affiliated with major computer maker Fujitsu...

NTT unit to offer music info via cellphones.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 13 Kyodo NTT-Resonant Inc. said Monday it will begin a service in November to inform subscribers of song titles and names of singers via their mobile phones. The service will enable subscribers to know the titles or...

Sony unveils PDA with next-generation organic EL display.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 14 Kyodo Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc., an arm of Sony Corp., said Tuesday it will begin selling a personal digital assistant Sept. 25 equipped with an organic electroluminescent display, a next-generation monitor. The CLIE...

Seiko Epson to fix 250,000 laser printers free of charge.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 15 Kyodo Seiko Epson Corp. said Wednesday it will provide free repair services to a total of 250,000 laser printers in 13 models to prevent them from short-circuiting or giving users an electric shock. Seiko Epson...

U.S. printer maker Lexmark unveils multifunction inkjet printers.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 16 Kyodo Major U.S. printer maker Lexmark International Inc. on Thursday took the wraps off three inkjet printers, including multifunction models featuring such capabilities as copying and scanning. Lexmark Chairman Paul...

Olympus sets up medical-business subsidiary.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 21 Kyodo Digital camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp. said Tuesday it has set up a wholly owned subsidiary to specialize in the biomaterials and tissue-engineering business. Capitalized at 48 million yen, the...

Sony Computer to launch slimmed version of PlayStation 2 in Nov.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 21 Kyodo Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it will launch a smaller and lighter version of its popular PlayStation 2 computer game console in Japan and abroad in November. The new PS2 is one-fourth the size of...

IBM Japan, Cisco join forces to offer upgraded network security.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 23 Kyodo IBM Japan Ltd. will tie up with Cisco Systems K.K. to develop and market a system designed to protect corporate communications networks from internal attacks, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Thursday. The...

Sony must pay $82 mil. to Immersion for patent infringement.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 Kyodo A federal jury in San Francisco has ordered Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and its U.S. unit to pay Immersion Corp., a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, $82 million in compensation...

Video game show featuring over 500 new products opens at Makuhari.(Tokyo Game Show 2004)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... TOKYO, Sept. 24 Kyodo Tokyo Game Show 2004, Japan's biggest video game software exhibition featuring more than 500 new products from a record 117 companies, opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Friday. One big...

LEAD: Matsushita to supply cable TV software to Comcast.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... OSAKA, Sept. 24 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it has agreed with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable television operator, to supply core software to be used for cable television Internet services....