This means that the database does not need to be continually updated. The system should appear in a commercial application within 2 years. Japan has started selling software and DVD movies online. Telco's share black lists 59 cellular and PHS phone companies will begin sharing their subscriber black lists from April next year, in a bid to curb deadbeats who have been switching providers instead of paying their bills. The service begins on December 1.
Experts say the agreement paves the way for legal Internet broadcasting and music download stores.
Fuji Denki Reiki, a leading manufacturer of vending machines, has developed an Internet- enabled vending machine. The device contains a CPU and both PHS and LAN connections, enabling the operator to display ads or information from the Internet. The company plans to mass-produce the machine 3 years from now, and is now working on a new interactive model that includes a camera. OCR software gets better Matsushita Electric and Kyushu Matsushita Electric will release on December 1 version 3.0 of their Yomitori Kakumei Japanese language OCR software. All Japanese and all interested in working for a foreign company.