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Japanese developer devises OS for nonstandard characters

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed on a computer screen is a list of Nonstandard kanji characters are often found in names of people and places as well as literary works. University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura, the developer of the Tron computer operating system, said March 10 he has developed a technology to show nonstandard Japanese kanji characters even on Western operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh. ''The new technology can drastically save energy... A big company will be able to cut costs by several hundred million yen a year,'' Sakamura said.

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Developer of TRON devises PHS to read bar codes

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura said Dec. 3 that he and his associates have developed what he claims is the world's first prototype personal handy-phone system (PHS) (shown) that gives information on products by reading bar codes attached to them.

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Microsoft teams up with Tron-promoting Japanese group

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Furukawa (R), vice president of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., shakes hands with Ken Sakamura, a professor of information science at the University of Tokyo who invented Tron, at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 25. Furukawa said Microsoft will join a Japanese consortium promoting the Japanese-made Tron operating system to develop new technologies for use in Internet-capable consumer electronics products.

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Japanese developer devises OS for nonstandard characters

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed on a computer screen is a list of Nonstandard kanji characters are often found in names of people and places as well as literary works. University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura, the developer of the Tron computer operating system, said March 10 he has developed a technology to show nonstandard Japanese kanji characters even on Western operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh. ''The new technology can drastically save energy... A big company will be able to cut costs by several hundred million yen a year,'' Sakamura said. (Kyodo)

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Developer of TRON devises PHS to read bar codes

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura said Dec. 3 that he and his associates have developed what he claims is the world's first prototype personal handy-phone system (PHS) (shown) that gives information on products by reading bar codes attached to them.

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Microsoft teams up with Tron-promoting Japanese group

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Furukawa (R), vice president of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., shakes hands with Ken Sakamura, a professor of information science at the University of Tokyo who invented Tron, at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 25. Furukawa said Microsoft will join a Japanese consortium promoting the Japanese-made Tron operating system to develop new technologies for use in Internet-capable consumer electronics products. (Kyodo)