Japan

Trans-Polar Fibre Links Proposed To Cut London-Japan Latency

Three companies aim to use the North-West Passage for faster fibre cabling

13 years ago

Panasonic, Fujitsu and Renesas May Merge System Chip Operations

The three Japanese chip-makers are in talks about a potential merger in a government-backed deal

13 years ago

Japan Develops Defensive Cyberweapon Arsenal

Japanese military plans to deal with an offensive cyber-attack on the country and its infrastructure have been revealed

13 years ago

Google Takes Street View To Post-Tsunami Japan

Google adds 'before and after' images of areas of Japan affected by March's earthquake and tsunami

13 years ago

Rohm’s 30Gbps Processor Works In THz Band

A processor is being developed in Japan that will penetrate skin and paper at speeds up to 30Gbps

13 years ago

Japan Shows Its Moves Into The Mobile Market

The CeaTac show is a chance to see how Japanese tech is faring against South Korea, China and Taiwan

13 years ago

Tablet And e-Reader Boost For Semiconductor Sales

Tablet and e-reader demand blunts the impact of the Japanese disasters on the semiconductor industry

13 years ago

Gartner: Tsunami Failed To Dampen IT Sales

Despite the Japanese disasters, Gartner estimates global IT spending will jump to $3.7 trillion this year

14 years ago

Data Centres – Watch Japan’s Energy Crisis

Japan's energy crisis is bringing about changes to data centres. The same thing will have to happen here, says Peter…

14 years ago

Japan Reclaims Supercomputing Crown

The computing arms race continues with the news that Japan now has the world's most powerful supercomputer

14 years ago

iRobot Sends Army Droids Into Japanese Nuclear Plant

Robots originally designed for the US military are surveying the damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plants

14 years ago

Japan Disasters Will Not Hurt Chip Production

Intel and Qualcomm say their operations' geographical spread will insulate them from Japan's shortages

14 years ago

ITU Deploys Emergency Telecoms To Japan

The UN agency for ICT is providing emergency telecoms for victims of the Japan earthquake

14 years ago

Online Sales Of iPad 2 Offset, Japan Launch Held Back

Delays of up to five weeks for iPad 2 online oreders. Japan launch postponed following tsunami problems

14 years ago

How Did Japan’s Internet Service Survive?

Good planning and a “dense mesh” design kept the Internet intact in Japan despite the earthquake, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

Japan Disaster Demonstrates Importance Of Backup

The Japan earthquake should serve as a wake-up call for IT managers about preparing for such events

14 years ago

Google Hits Back At Microsoft Criticism Over Japan Deal

Microsoft lead lawyer Brad Smith called Google's deal to power search and search ads for Yahoo Japan anti-competitive

14 years ago