Jay Alabaster - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jay Alabaster

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.

Article | 30/04/2012 Casio releases iPhone, iPad app that can send data using visual colors

The company's "PicaPicamera" app uses a basic form of visual light transmission to send image data between users.

Article | 28/04/2012 Casio releases app that can encode and send data using colors

Japan's Casio has released an experimental app for the iPhone and iPad that encodes and sends data using colors.

Article | 27/04/2012 Nintendo to begin digital sales of mainstream titles for 3DS

Nintendo will launch sales of digital versions of mainstream 3DS titles through retailers, beginning with a new Super Mario Brothers game in August, i...

Article | 26/04/2012 Nintendo misses annual sales target for 3DS games console

Nintendo said Thursday it missed its annual sales target for the 3DS handheld game console, despite repeated promises from the company that price cuts...

Article | 26/04/2012 Cloudera, U.S. provider of open-source big data software, opens Japan subsidiary

Cloudera, a U.S. provider of open-source software based on Hadoop, has opened a subsidiary in Japan, where local firms are increasingly using the plat...

Article | 25/04/2012 Skype app released for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld

Internet telephony operator Skype has released an app for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld game console.

Article | 24/04/2012 Windows 8 Release Preview set for early June

The latest pre-release version of the Windows 8 operating system will become available during the first week of June, a Microsoft executive said Tuesd...

Article | 23/04/2012 New Sony projector can show, record notes scribbled onto the screen

Sony said Monday it will sell a projector that displays and saves notes scribbled onto the images it projects.

Article | 23/04/2012 Fujitsu launches big data software suite, targets US$1 billion in yearly sales

Fujitsu said Monday it will release a set of software suite tools aimed at processing and analyzing huge sets of diverse information known as big data...

Article | 20/04/2012 Sony to launch 5GB online photo sharing service next week

Sony said Friday it will launch its online photo sharing service, "PlayMemories Online," next week.