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Akihabara News has stats on the top 20 selling DSLR cameras in Japan. They find it surprising so many Nikons are near the top of the list. If you are thinking of buying your first DSLR, this list will at least help you see what everyone else has been buying in Japan.
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I love the manhole covers in Japan and now you can track these ground level works of art via a website that utilizes Google Maps.
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Only in Japan would you find such a realistic robot that appears almost human in design. Watch this amazing robot dog take the streets in Asakusa and see the stunned reactions...
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A pillow that will let you have a peaceful nights sleep if your partner is a snorer. I got to get me one of those! Or how about a pillow alarm clock? It will shake you awake rather than wake up the whole household with its din.
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It will also tell people you're safe after the earthquake.
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Nokia isn’t exactly one of the most popular cellphone companies in Japan. In fact, they only have a 1% market share and most of the phones that you actually see in the stores are adapted versions of the “normal” nokia phones you would find in the rest of the world. It seems that Nokia is aware of t
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Humanoid, programmed to recite lines and move around stage, co-stars in production at Osaka University.
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The 2.2 firmware has emoji added for softbank users only. Sad, but if you jailbroke your phone, you can get them through editing or going into Cydia and installing the emoji script.
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I came across eGenki, a new Facebook-style social networking site for Japan. We've seen such sites before, but this one looks very promising. For one thing, it's built with Joomla and is most likely self-hosted. That tells me the owner is serious about making the site a success because of the wor
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I bet DBR is happy she waited on that netbook purchase, 'cause Dell is selling their basic netbooks for ONE HUNDRED YEN!!!
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Although the technology's still not exactly cost-effective, this is still a step in the right direction.
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Keep you eye on your flash drive and be careful of using a buddies - if he/she hangs out at an internet cafe it may be infected with a virus that could cause you all sorts of trouble.
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There's one for each in Docomo's new lines of phones, 4 new series, STYLE, PRIME, SMART and PRO.
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The Twitter Drawers Collection project drew 37 Japanese illustrators together to design Twitter themes. If you use Twitter, you might like to use one of these themes. Hat tip to ShaneS.
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I'll try it if I can get my hands on it....Not quite as bad as Nakashima Mika's version (honestly what could be?), but...OH wait a minute...it is damn pricey for just a three pack....This might actually be good. I look forward to giving it a try....Congrats on getting photo of the week in the current...well done Danny!! I'm sold! (-:...Good point. Maybe he had a senior moment....I thought the pictures were great! Nice review. :-)...But if he's Catholic...where's that put HIS work ethic? Ha ha. What wins out?...Cool experience. By the way, I saw some of your photos featured in the Metropolis...
