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JVC's video camera with 40x optical zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Everio GZ-HM670 video camera equipped with a 40x optical zoom lens and a 32-gigabyte memory, which Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. released in Japan on Dec. 16, 2010 for about 80,000 yen.

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Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks.

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Sony unveils new Walkman that 'evolves' to suit users' taste

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release five new palm-size digital Walkman models that ''evolves'' in accordance with listeners' preference of music. The new Walkman A series, to be put on the Japanese market Nov. 19, is equipped with functions to learn users' taste in music. The five new models, including a 20-gigabyte one capable of storing up to 13,000 songs, are expected to be available for 30,000 to 35,000 yen.

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Sony to release digital Walkman with built-in hard disk

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said July 1 it will put its new Walkman NW-HD1, capable of storing up to 1,300 songs, on the Japanese market on July 10 to pave the way for global sales. Containing a 20-gigabyte hard disk, the NW-HD1 can store the equivalent of 900 compact discs and run up to 30 hours on a single charge of its battery. It can be hooked up to a personal computer to download music.

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Sony, Toppan Printing develop paper optical disk

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. and Toppan Printing Co. said April 15 they have developed an optical disk made primarily from paper which is capable of storing large volumes of high-definition images. The 25-gigabyte disk is based on Blu-ray Disc technology, which Sony and other high-tech firms in Japan and abroad are promoting as the next-generation standard for optical disks.

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(1)Sony's PSX game console with DVD/HDD put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man gets a new home-use electronics device called the PSX which Sony Corp. put on sale in Japan on Dec. 13. PSX that can function as both a PlayStation 2 game console and a DVD/HDD (hard disk drive) recorder is available in two models -- the DESR-7000 with a 250-gigabyte HDD for a suggested retail price of 99,800 yen, and the DESR-5000 with a 160-gigabyte HDD for a suggested price of 79,800 yen.

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Sony to release new DVD recorders with high-capacity HDD

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release four new models of its DVD player/recorders from Oct. 21, two of which are equipped with high-capacity hard-disk drives (HDD). The RDR-HX8 model (in photo), equipped with a 160-gigabyte HDD, is capable of recording up to 204 hours of video data, it said.

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Toshiba to launch multi-drive DVD recorder in mid-July

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said on June 16 that it will launch a new multi-drive DVD recorder that complies with the DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats in the domestic market in mid-July, making it the world's first company to launch such a model. The new RD-XS31 model (photo), which Toshiba expects will be sold at about 110,000 yen under the open-pricing formula, incorporates an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive with a recording capacity of up to 104 hours.

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Sony unveils 'Blu-ray Disc' optical disk recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said March 3 it will start marketing on April 10 an ultra-large-memory ''Blu-ray Disc'' video recorder-player (in photo) combining optical disk and blue laser technologies. The Blu-ray Disc provides 23 gigabyte storage memory capacity -- five times that of DVD.

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Sony unveils paperback-sized server, to put on sale March 29

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up Sony Corp.'s new computer server, the FSV-PGXI, which is about the size of a paperback novel at NET & COM 2003, a three-day exhibition of information and technology products in Chiba on Feb. 5. The unit incorporates a 20-gigabyte hard disk and is 8.3 centimeters wide, 15.5 cm long and 3.1 cm thick. It weighs 390 grams.

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Sanyo's 'world's smallest, lightest' high-vision movie camera

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. has released what it claims to be the world's smallest and lightest full high-vision digital movie camera DMX-HD100, which the company says can record 43 minutes of full high-vision video on a 4-gigabyte SD memory card. The price tag, not including the 4-giga memory card, is set at around 120,000 yen. The camera will be on sale in Japan in mid-September. (Kyodo)

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Sony unveils paperback-sized server, to put on sale March 29

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up Sony Corp.'s new computer server, the FSV-PGXI, which is about the size of a paperback novel at NET & COM 2003, a three-day exhibition of information and technology products in Chiba on Feb. 5. The unit incorporates a 20-gigabyte hard disk and is 8.3 centimeters wide, 15.5 cm long and 3.1 cm thick. It weighs 390 grams. (Kyodo)

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Sharp, Sony devise new MO disk

OSAKA, Japan - A handout photo shows a new magneto-optical (MO) disk jointly developed by Sharp Corp. and Sony Corp. The new disk, 0.5 millimeter thick and 5 centimeters in diameter, is smaller than a mini disk (MD) but can store 1 gigabyte of information when a red laser is used, seven times the storage capacity of MDs, the two companies said. Sharp said March 23 it plans to release a digital video camera using the new disk by spring 2001.

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Sony unveils 'Blu-ray Disc' optical disk recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said March 3 it will start marketing on April 10 an ultra-large-memory ''Blu-ray Disc'' video recorder-player (in photo) combining optical disk and blue laser technologies. The Blu-ray Disc provides 23 gigabyte storage memory capacity -- five times that of DVD. (Kyodo)

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0.85-inch hard disk drive

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said Jan. 8 it has developed a 0.85-inch hard disk drive (L) which will bring multi-gigabyte capacities to small and powerful digital products. The new drive, placed next to a 100-yen coin, is only a quarter the size of the current mainstream 1.8-inch drive. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten to offer lowest monthly large mobile data plan for 1,980 yen

Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani announces in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2021, that the e-commerce giant will offer a monthly 20-gigabyte mobile data plan for 1,980 yen ($19) from April, the cheapest among major Japanese carriers.

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Rakuten to offer lowest monthly large mobile data plan for 1,980 yen

Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani announces in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2021, that the e-commerce giant will offer a monthly 20-gigabyte mobile data plan for 1,980 yen ($19) from April, the cheapest among major Japanese carriers.

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Rakuten to offer lowest monthly large mobile data plan for 1,980 yen

Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (C) announces in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2021, that the e-commerce giant will offer a monthly 20-gigabyte mobile data plan for 1,980 yen ($19) from April, the cheapest among major Japanese carriers.

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Sony unveils new Walkman that 'evolves' to suit users' taste

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release five new palm-size digital Walkman models that ''evolves'' in accordance with listeners' preference of music. The new Walkman A series, to be put on the Japanese market Nov. 19, is equipped with functions to learn users' taste in music. The five new models, including a 20-gigabyte one capable of storing up to 13,000 songs, are expected to be available for 30,000 to 35,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks. (Kyodo)

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JVC's video camera with 40x optical zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Everio GZ-HM670 video camera equipped with a 40x optical zoom lens and a 32-gigabyte memory, which Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. released in Japan on Dec. 16, 2010 for about 80,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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(1)Sony's PSX game console with DVD/HDD put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man gets a new home-use electronics device called the PSX which Sony Corp. put on sale in Japan on Dec. 13. PSX that can function as both a PlayStation 2 game console and a DVD/HDD (hard disk drive) recorder is available in two models -- the DESR-7000 with a 250-gigabyte HDD for a suggested retail price of 99,800 yen, and the DESR-5000 with a 160-gigabyte HDD for a suggested price of 79,800 yen. (Kyodo)

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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NTT Docomo's lower mobile phone fee

NTT Docomo Inc. President and CEO Motoyuki Ii holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Ii unveiled the company's plan to offer a 20-gigabyte monthly plan called "ahamo" for 2,980 yen ($29) from March through online contracts, making it the first of Japan's major wireless carriers to lower mobile phone fees following government pressure.

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Sony, Toppan Printing develop paper optical disk

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. and Toppan Printing Co. said April 15 they have developed an optical disk made primarily from paper which is capable of storing large volumes of high-definition images. The 25-gigabyte disk is based on Blu-ray Disc technology, which Sony and other high-tech firms in Japan and abroad are promoting as the next-generation standard for optical disks. (Kyodo)

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Sony to release new DVD recorders with high-capacity HDD

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release four new models of its DVD player/recorders from Oct. 21, two of which are equipped with high-capacity hard-disk drives (HDD). The RDR-HX8 model (in photo), equipped with a 160-gigabyte HDD, is capable of recording up to 204 hours of video data, it said.(Kyodo)

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Toshiba to launch multi-drive DVD recorder in mid-July

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said on June 16 that it will launch a new multi-drive DVD recorder that complies with the DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats in the domestic market in mid-July, making it the world's first company to launch such a model. The new RD-XS31 model (photo), which Toshiba expects will be sold at about 110,000 yen under the open-pricing formula, incorporates an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive with a recording capacity of up to 104 hours. (Kyodo)

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NEC to launch PCs for digital satellite TV broadcasts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows what NEC Corp. says is Japan's first desktop personal computer capable of receiving digital satellite television broadcasts. NEC said Feb. 27 it will start shipping the VALUESTAR T on March 8. The model has a 15.3-inch wide digital liquid crystal display (LCD) that can automatically show selected TV programs. The model is equipped with Intel's Pentium III CPU and a 60-gigabyte hard disk drive.