Japan

CES 2010: Does Pink Make The PSP More Popular With The Ladies?

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January 6th, 2010

We all know that the color, especially when pink is involved, means a great deal for the beautiful gender. Now, I don’t know if a pink PSP will get the girls on Playstation’s side, considering there aren’t so many games designed on the PSP for the female type. But Japan’s side of Playstation decided to [...]

Final Fantasy XIII PS3 hits Japan in a limited editon

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December 17th, 2009

Special Playstation 3 (PS3) editions are really something a lot of gamers are looking after. One reason might be that, while the stock design might not be that bad, owing something that is different from what 90% PS3 owners have adds a vintage feeling to your gaming console. Another reason users are drooling over PS3 [...]

Modern Warfare 2 gets censored in Japan

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December 9th, 2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, features a discrepancy in the localization — and content, in Japanese version of the game. In the section “No Russian”, the player is told, “Remember, no Russian.” Here, this means “Do not speak Russian,” a plot point for this scene. However, in the Japanese version, this is localized as [...]

USB 3.0 high-speed harddrive from Buffalo

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November 24th, 2009

HD-HXU3, is available in 1TB ($200), 1.5TB ($250), and 2TB ($400) storage capabilities and prices. In the package is also included Memeo AutoBackup. The product has 1 year warranty. The product is compatible with USB 2.0 also, but the company is concurrently releasing its dual-port USB 3.0 PCI Express Interface Card (IFC-PCIE2U3). The future is [...]

Toyota Demonstrates Brain Controlled Wheelchair

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June 30th, 2009

Toyota has developed a brain-machine interface which transmits the thoughts of a user to a laptop and then to a wheelchair. BMIs were demoed before, but Toyota’s system is features a 125ms response time which means that it fives users the possibility to move easier and faster. Thanks to the Toyota BMI, a person in [...]

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 controller announced

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May 19th, 2009

A lot of people are eagerly waiting for the new USB 3.0 interface, probably some of you have bought the cable already, and it is safe to say that you will not be waiting long before you can use it. NEC Japan announced that it will be releasing a USB 3.0 controller. Backwards compatible with [...]

Google Chrome commercials now on TV

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May 11th, 2009

Google has chosen a new way to advertise it’s products and has started with Chrome, it’s recently released web browser. Along with the advertising on YouTube and through Google Adsense on their own properties and also third party properties, Google has now started a TV campaign for Chrome, as of this weekend.
The commercial was made [...]