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November 19, 2008, 08:43 PM - A young boy in Ogaki, Japan, took his parent's car without permission and headed out on the highway; he says he learned how to drive from playing video games.

Japan's largest mobile network operator plans to beef up its wireless data services by introducing LTE mobile broadband in 2010, becoming one of the first companies globally to offer the new technology.

Dell has launched a new laptop model named Inspiron Mini 12 in the Japanese market.

India's first unmanned moon mission blasted into space yesterday, joining the Asian space race with Japan and China and signalling India's intent to be a global power.

A robotic suit named "HAL" will become available for 2,200 monthly rental in Japan.

Walk along the halls of the Ceatec electronics show in Japan and you're likely to see all manner of gadgets and gizmos, but few sights might startle you more than Ichiro Kasai.

Scalix, the award-winning Linux email, calendaring and messaging company, today announced the availability of group calendaring and scheduling features attuned to the way teams coordinate their workflow.

I write often about how Japanese consider themselves to be a decade or so "behind" the U.S. and Europe, and almost take it for granted that their country is less advanced than the West.

Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact.

ZDNet's Jason Perlow reviews the Plat'Home OpenBockS embedded Linux microserver.