Jay Alabaster - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jay Alabaster

Article | 23/05/2012 FujiFilm camera design to withstand water, shock, dust, freezing temperatures

FujiFilm said Wednesday it will begin sales of a digital camera in June that is waterproof, shockproof, sealed against dust and sand, and works at tem...

Article | 23/05/2012 Sony shows off new digital media hub for Vaio, Xperia, Vita, tablets

The "nasne" has a 500 GB and streams recorded content wirelessly to Sony devices.

Article | 23/05/2012 Sony demos wireless media hub for its computers, smartphones, game consoles

Sony on Tuesday showed a digital media hub that uses Wi-Fi to connect its PCs, tablets, smartphones and PlayStation game consoles, a product that it h...

Article | 22/05/2012 Tokyo opens world's tallest broadcast tower

Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, officially opened to the public on Tuesday.

Article | 11/05/2012 New data shows Apple dominating Samsung in Japanese smartphone market

Nearly one in three smartphones sold in Japan last fiscal year was an iPhone, pushing Apple's sales far ahead of main rival Samsung in the country, ac...

Article | 11/05/2012 Panasonic books US$10 billion annual loss, largest ever by Japan manufacturer

Panasonic said Friday it booked a loss of nearly US$10 billion for the fiscal year that ended March 31, the largest ever loss by a Japanese manufactur...

Article | 11/05/2012 Japan's Softbank testing blimp-based emergency mobile phone system

Softbank, which runs Japan's third-largest mobile phone network, is experimenting with using blimps as temporary cell towers for use during natural di...

Article | 10/05/2012 Twitter Japan blog post says company leaked no user data

None of the recently leaked Twitter logins and passwords came from within the company, according to a message posted on Twitter's Japanese blog Thursd...

Article | 10/05/2012 Sony targets return to profitability after record $US5.7 billion loss last year

Sony closed the books on its worst year ever on Thursday, while also targeting a slight profit for the current period, which would be its first since ...

Article | 9/05/2012 PayPal, Softbank to form Japan joint venture, launch PayPal Here service

PayPal and Softbank said Wednesday they will form a new joint venture to pursue online transactions business in the country.

Article | 8/05/2012 Sharp to sell moody robotic vacuum with video streaming, remote control by phone

Sharp's new robot vacuum isn't always happy to do your housework.

Article | 7/05/2012 Hitachi starts all-in-one data center service, covers construction to IT support

Japanese conglomerate Hitachi on Monday launched a new data center business that includes everything from planning to construction to IT support.

Article | 3/05/2012 Fujitsu tech lets any mobile phone shoot 3D pictures or video

The system uses a special mirrored attachment to split images into two parts, and a server to create the 3D imagery

Article | 3/05/2012 Fujitsu releases platform to let standard mobile cameras take 3D pictures, video

Fujitsu has developed a system that allows standard mobile phone cameras to take 3D pictures and video.

Article | 2/05/2012 Japan's Gree to buy U.S. mobile game maker Funzio for US$210 million

Japanese mobile game provider Gree said Wednesday it will buy California-based developer Funzio for US$210 million.