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  1. Thin crt's have been around by DaEMoN128 · · Score: 1 · on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005

    http://www.cjmag.co.jp/magazine/issues/1997/oct97/ 1097indeye.html
    Candescent did make some small models, but they never got into big production. I think the largest I saw was a 7 inch, and it was about as thick as a picture frame.
    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EKF/is _n2128_v42/ai_18595794
    http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~jingli/nano%20emitter.ppt

  2. Re:Not the first time... by Aumaden · · Score: 1 · on How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions
    Here's my favorite corporate faux pas:
    Double entendre
    Electronics consumer giant Matsushita Electric was recently saved from making an embarrassing faux pas concerning its Woody multimedia PC, which is named after the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. Matsushita was set to introduce an entry-level Woody with a touch-screen interface this summer, which it intended to call "Touch Woody." Until, that is, it was informed that in certain parts of the US, the phrase is a sexual pun on "touch wood," with "woody" being a substitute for "pecker," common slang for penis.

    Speaking of peckers, Matsushita was also considering "Internet Pecker" as the name for some new Internet software for its Woody. That, too, was aborted before its erection in public caused blushes.
    John Boyd in Computing Japan
  3. Akihabara? by zaren · · Score: 3, Informative · on Images and Screen Shots of Zaurus SL-A300

    Just in case nobody knows what / where Akihabara is, here's the official Akihabara home page as well as a nice shopping guide in English.

  4. Not a bad idea, but... by fm6 · · Score: 2 · on Long live The King of PDAs
    • Pick another name. It's all very well to honor Alan Kay's original vision, but you need one of your own.
    • The first goal of your project should be to write an emulator. FWithout something we can actually play with, your project is just another Big Vision, no matter how carefully you think it through. The emulator should run on a platform that's widely available (probably Java or Linux) so lots of different people can fiddle with it.
  5. NEC might dissagree. by Erris · · Score: 2 · on Compuware Brings IBM to Antitrust Court
    They may not sell IBM mainframes, but they do sell mainframes. See NEC supercomputing. See this page for an interesting view of computing in Japan.

    I imagine that any self respecting country would have some kind of indigenous dino maker. Let's see. Germany? Nope. UK? Nope. Similar pages can be found for France. Bully for Germany and Japan for at least trying, but it looks like the US kicks ass in this field. I suppose that you can charge alot when you make something others have a hard time keeping up with.

    We shall see the merits of the case.

  6. Re:What??? Blasphemy!!! by Hard_Code · · Score: 2 · on Old Computers Vs. The Environment

    I was just thinking of this! "Throw" computers away? Whah? I'd think it was some wierd Simpsons episode, if, for example, people weren't ACTUALLY using computers to pave roads.