Toshiba unveiled a new SD card today that can store 64 gigabytes of data – amounting to around 12,000 high-quality still pictures or 16 hours of high-quality video images. Until now, the largest SD memory card on the market has a capacity of 32 gigabytes which is doubled by the new Toshiba card. It is [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Technology & Science’
April 5, 2008
METI to warn British investment fund
METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the Finance Ministry of Japan will make an official decision by 11th April to ‘advise’ a British investment fund to modify or desist from its investment plans as announced in its application to increase its stock holdings in Japanese electricity-producing giant J-Power as “There is a risk [...]
March 27, 2008
ANA to seek Compensation from Boeing
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to seek compensation from American aircraft manufacture Boeing over the late delivery of new 787 passenger aircraft, which has forced the company to change its plans and projections, reports the Asahi Shinbun today. The exact amount of compensation to be sought will be given careful consideration when the planes have [...]
March 5, 2008
Mitsubishi Passenger Jet Project – Toyota on Board
Toyota Motors is in the final stages of a decision (as of 4th March) to participate in Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s project to develop a small, Japanese passenger jet aircraft, reports the Asahi Shinbun today.
February 26, 2008
Advancing Solar Technology
The Asahi Shinbun reports today that electronics maker Sharp is investing in a joint venture to be set up with Daiwa Housing and Dainihon Printing, under the name of ‘Eli Power’ (hq: Tokyo) to produce Lithium Ion storage cells (batteries) to be used in housing solar heating systems; each company will be reportedly investing ¥600 [...]
