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 Register for AsiaBizTech Daily E-Mail Newsletter Now! February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- IBM Japan Ltd. started to strongly promote a wide range of Linux applications for clients. From Japan  February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Devices based on Bluetooth, a standard for wireless communication, by A.I. Corp. are drawing visitors' attention at the exhibition zone for sponsors of "NET&COM21;," named "Frontline of the Networking." From Japan February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- About 75 percent of users of Flet's ISDN service disconnect from the service after 10 minutes of access, said Norio Sakai, senior manager of the Marketing and Development Dept. of NTT East Corp. From Japan February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- A session on strategies for winning with mobile commerce was well attended on Feb. 7 at NET&COM21;, an exhibition held from Feb. 7-9 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba. From Japan February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has set up an exhibition area called the "International Zone" at the NET&COM21;, which runs from Feb. 7-9 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. From Japan February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- At NET&COM21; exhibition being held now near Tokyo, one unique display is a shaver with power supplied by a LAN cable. From Japan  February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- GartnerGroup Japan KK on Feb. 8 announced the results of its survey on PC shipments in Japan for calendar year 2000, presenting the numbers on the computer products of some 30 companies. From Japan February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The competitor to Visa, the company that has established the world's largest credit card brand, is not other credit cards, but cash, said Rupert G. Keeley, president of Visa Asia-Pacific. From Japan February 9, 2001 (BEIJING) -- Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a US$17.4 million contract to build the backbone network for the China Education and Research Net (CERNET). From China February 9, 2001 (TOKYO) -- About half of NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s 19 million i-mode users are subscribing to pay contents, Takeshi Natsuno, executive director of Gateway Business Department, said in a seminar held in Tokyo on Feb. 8. From Japan February 9, 2001 (TAIPEI) -- Palm Inc. of the United States will contract Taiwanese electronic manufacturers to produce personal digital assistants for it, according to Palm's executive for North Asian operation, R. F. Jiao. From Taiwan  February 8, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Omron Corp. President Yoshio Tateishi said an era would come that allows analog and digital technologies to coexist. From Japan    February 5, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Some 65.4 percent of 16,000 Internet users polled said they have made e-commerce transactions, according to a Nikkei NetBusiness Net user survey. From Japan  February 7, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The decline in DRAM prices is driving DRAM makers to shift to the production of more profitable microchips, including large-capacity DRAMs. From Japan  |
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