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Japanese Company Mmbi Raises $618 Million To Launch Smartphone Broadcasting Service
Mmbi has raised $618 million in funding as they prepare to launch a smartphone broadcasting service. The investors in this round are from their 11 corporate partners, which includes Fujitsu, Sharp, and Fuji Media Holdings. Their new partners will also provide media business expertise. Mmbi is a subsidiary of mobile communications company NTT DoCoMo. They have issued 962,000 new shares and the 11 partners took 196,620 of them. Other existing shareholders took the other 765,360 shares. [Variety]
Categories Fuji Media Holdings, Fujitsu, Mmbi, NTT DoCoMo, Sharp
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Fujitsu Esprimo FH99/CM Is The World’s First Glasses-Free 3D Desktop
Fujitsu Japan has built one of the “world’s first” glasses-free 3D desktop known as the Esprimo FH99/CM. The Esprimo FH99/CM is a 23-inch widescreen with a full HD 3D panel. Other specs include Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Intel Core i7-2630QM 2GHz processor, Intel H65 Express chip set, 4GB of memory, 2TB hard drive, Blu-ray drive, IEEE 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0 ports, and four USB 2.0 ports. The Esprimo FH99/CM will be available in Japan on February 25th and it will retail for $3,100. No word on whether it will be available in the U.S. as of yet.
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Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 Is One Of The World’s Smallest Document Scanners
Fujitsu has announced the ScanSnap S1100, which is known as one of the smallest document scanners in the world. The ultra-portable scanner weighs only 12 ounces. The device has a single USB cable that converts scanned data into searchable PDF files. It then transforms your documents into editable Google Docs, Evernote, Word and Excel files. Scanning a full document takes 7.5 seconds at 300dpi and color. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 costs $199. [Coolest-Gadgets]
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Fujitsu Now Selling Lifebook T580 Tablet In The U.S.
Fujitsu is now selling a 10.1-inch tablet in the U.S. called the Lifebook T580. This device has a Core i3 / i5 processor and a capacitive display with an N-trig digitizer. The $1,149 “Express Buy” version of the device has a Core i3-380UM processor with 2GB of RAM, 160GB storage, and a 5,800mAh six-cell battery. [GottaBeMobile]
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Masami Yamamoto: Fujitsu “Very Actively” Looking For Acquisitions
Masami Yamamoto, the President of Fujitsu Ltd. said that the company is “very actively” seeking acquisitions in order to enhance their global growth. “Targets will be companies that have technologies that Fujitsu doesn’t have or that have customers that Fujitsu has never been able to reach so far,” said Yamamoto in a translated interview in New York. “We would like to get engaged very actively in M&A activities.”
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Categories Fujitsu, Masami Yamamoto, Microsoft Corporation
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Apple Acquires iPad Trademark From Fujitsu
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has acquired the iPad trademark from Fujitsu. The trademark (serial number 76947338) was assigned to Fujitsu in March 2003 for their iPad wireless handheld computing device that was sold at retailers. The trademark was assigned to Apple on March 17. [USPTO via PatentAuthority]
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Fujitsu F-09A Launching June 10 In Japan
Fujitsu has unleashed a new phone called the PRIME Series F-09A on the NTT DOCOMO. The F-09A will be available on June 10 in Japan. The F-09A has a 3.4″ touchscreen with a VGA LCD. The F-09A screen can slide and rotate into a horizontal position. The F-09A is the only phone with the world’s first Exercise Monitor. The phone has an 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus. The phone also has a geomagnetic sensor and GPS. Other features include 3G connection, GSM, Bluetooth, and TV tuner.
[via GizmoWatch]
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Fujitsu and Macnica Sticking Android Into Digital Photo Frames
Now here’s an interesting way to use the Google Android open source operating system. Android is already used on mobile phones and it is rumored that several companies are installing them in netbooks. But now Fujitsu and Macnica are teaming up to install Android into digital photo frames. The project is called “Software Platform for Home Network Digital Photo Frames.” The above frame was shown on display in Japan several days ago.
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Fujitsu Announces Dynamic Cube BX900 Blade Server System
Fujitsu has been out of the server game for a while, but now they are back with a bang. Fujitsu will be getting a new CEO next month and will see their hard drive business get taken over by Toshiba. Fujitsu has also recently bought out the share of a partnership that they had with Siemens AG called Fujitsu Siemens Computers which will now be called Fujitsu Technology Solutions. Now Fujitsu is introducing a new product called the “Dynamic Cube.”
The Dynamic Cube is a nickname for the BX900 blade server system. The Dynamic Cube also refers to the collection of hardware and software needed for virtual servers. Below are the components needed for the Dynamic Cube:
1. PRIMERGY BX900: The third generation of blade servers with 10U-high enclosure. The enclosure holds 18 Intel Xeon 5500 (“Nehalem”) processor-based blades.
2. VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Xen: Abstraction layer between the network, servers, and the storage.
3. ServerView Resource Coordinator (SVRC) Virtual Edition: A feature that unifies virtual and physical management.
[via CNET]
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Toshiba Taking Over Fujitsu’s Hard Drive Business By July 1
As many of you all are aware, Fujitsu will be transferring their hard drive business to Toshiba. A new division of Toshiba will be created to take over Fujitsu’s business called the Toshiba Storage Device Corporation. After that, Fujitsu’s manufacturing plants will be called Toshiba Storage Devices Philippines and Toshiba Storage Devices Thailand. Toshiba Storage Device Yamagata Corporation will then take over Yamagata Fujitsu Limited.
Toshiba Storage Device Corporation will handle the R&D of the hard drives and the Toshiba parent company itself will do all the marketing. About 80.1% of Toshiba Storage Device Corporation will be owned by the parent company by July 1. This leaves Fujitsu with 19.9% shre for the time being. But in December 2010, Toshiba will take over the whole storage device division.
[via SlashGear]