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Japanese techies whose mantra is "in God we trust" are taking their PCs and laptops to the Kanda-Myojin shrine in Tokyo, where the blessings of a Shinto priest bestow divine protection against malware, hard drive failures and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. read more »
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Did you know that you can type any address in Japan in only nine keystrokes? This Japanese IME keyboard tip (courtesy of Ken Y-N) will save you a lot of time when filling in online forms! read more »
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This manga, published in 1982 as “My Computer God – The Story of Bill Gates” (マイコンの神さま ビル・ゲイツ物語), in KoroKoro Comic, is a fascinating piece of history, and quite amusing to boot. As a piece of history, it harkens back to a time when Bill Gates was the Larry Page or Sergey Brin of his day, a dynamic read more »
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In an effort to curb traffic accidents, Japan’s Construction and Transport Ministry will conduct tests on a system this March allowing cars to "talk to each other". The tests will check whether the system can work well on public roads and highways, as well as how it affects a driver’s behaviour. read more »
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