February 19, 2012
Toshiba Corp. has developed an application for smartphones that can provide information about railway operations up to 20 minutes faster than the train companies that actually operate the lines.
February 19, 2012
Frustrated by not getting an answer to your call or a reply to your e-mail? Those days could soon be over.
February 15, 2012
Sony Corp. says it has developed new electrical outlet technology that will lead to savings in energy bills.
February 04, 2012
LONDON - With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on cyber security.
February 01, 2012
BEIJING -- When Zhang Dong sat down recently to book train tickets for his trip home for the Chinese new year, he got a taste of the frustration that has helped make China's railway ministry a focus of anger against the country's many bureaucrats.
January 22, 2012
Japanese researchers said they have developed a technology to produce blood platelets from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that could eventually be used as coagulants in blood products.
January 21, 2012
Although cellphone service is available in almost all urban areas in Japan, it is "out of service" in trains in the underground subway tunnels in most major Japanese cities.
January 20, 2012
SEOUL -- Being the most wired country in the world has opened the way for a new form of bullying in South Korean schools, with victims being forced to pay for Wifi access for their tormentors.
January 04, 2012
BEIJING--In an apparent quest to push the boundaries of rail travel, China’s CSR Corp. unveiled its CRH380AL high-speed test train in late December, a train that can possibly attain speeds of more than 500 kilometers per hour.
January 04, 2012
TOYOHASHI, Aichi Prefecture--It might not be a "galaxy far, far away," but "Star Wars" fans should pay homage to a modest factory here with six employees in an area of rice fields.
January 03, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is backing a new, Japanese global positioning system (GPS) that its advocates say will be 10 times as accurate as the current technology.
December 31, 2011
Boston -- Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses belonging to subscribers of private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc along with thousands of customer credit card numbers.
December 30, 2011
HONG KONG -- China this week reached a milestone in its drive to master the military use of space with the launch of trials for its Beidou satellite global positioning network, a move that will bring it one step closer to matching U.S. space capabilities.
December 30, 2011
SHANGHAI -- The Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com, and financial institutions to prevent phishing attacks on unsuspecting Chinese web users.
December 27, 2011
BEIJING--China took a further step on Dec. 27 toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services with the start of trial operations of its homegrown Beidou system.
December 26, 2011
NEC Corp. has released a radiation measurement device that can be installed at public sites--including schools, hospitals and convenience stores--to provide updated data at any time on the Internet.
December 24, 2011
A new gadget to prevent truck drivers and others who spend long hours behind the wheel from dozing off while driving will be available in February.
December 21, 2011
The developer of software program Winny has been cleared of charges of copyright infringement after a final appeal from prosecutors was dismissed by the Supreme Court, which could have hampered software innovation over fears of how it would be used.
December 14, 2011
Toshiba Corp. has developed a gamma camera that can help detect radioactive hot spots and facilitate decontamination, the company said Dec. 13.
December 10, 2011
The movement of the bedrock under the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant during the Great East Japan Earthquake was larger than pre-quake estimates used by the plant’s operator in its disaster planning, according to government simulations.