It's about to become a lot quicker to make your own CDs. Two of the leading backers of CD-RW (compact disc-rewritable) technology have unveiled prototypes of new high-speed CD-RW drives that are expected to hit the market in the middle of this year.
NEC yesterday in Tokyo added details to its plan first outlined in September last year to refocus the company around the internet.
Alcatel SA, seeking to become a larger player in the carrier-class telecommunications equipment market, today announced it has agreed to acquire Newbridge Networks in a deal valued at $US7.1 billion.
Toshiba has become the latest of Japan's major electronics makers to charge head first into the world of the Internet. It announced last week plans to create a new in-house company, i-Value Creation Company, focused solely on the creation of digital content, and establish a division within its Information and Industrial Systems and Services Company to increase use of B2B e-commerce services within the company, it said in a statement.
- Sega Enterprises announced last week that the number of people accessing the Internet through its Dreamcast gaming terminal has topped one million.
Mitsubishi has formed a new division to drive its development of Internet-related businesses, the company announced last week.
Sega Enterprises last week said apparent patent infringement claims being brought against its US subsidiary were groundless.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday met the aspirations of show-goers to the 10th MacWorld Expo Tokyo with the unveiling of several new computers during his keynote speech.
Toshiba has become the latest of Japan's major electronics makers to charge head-first into the world of the Internet.
NEC and Mitsubishi Electric on Friday announced they have finalised the establishment of a new joint venture company to develop, manufacture and sell display monitors.
Sony has formed a new subsidiary to market the company's consumer electronics products online. Called Sony Style.com Japan, the new company is Sony's biggest push yet into the e-commerce arena in Japan.
NEC is recalling 86,000 personal computers in Japan because of a problem with the power supply that could cause the machine to shut down during use.
The head of Apple Japan, under investigation by Japan's Fair Trade Commission, has denied his company tried to fix the price at which retailers sell the iMac and iBook computers, according to a local media report.
One of China's leading nuclear experts has said that his company's reactors are Year 2000-ready and pose little danger, according to media reports. Li Dingfan, president of China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), told the Business Weekly newspaper he had full confidence in the industry and its capacity to deal with any problems that should develop.
Investigators from Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided the Tokyo headquarters of Apple Japan on Tuesday morning, the company has confirmed.
