Stories by Martyn Williams

Attack takes down Yahoo for three hours

In what company officials are describing as a "fast" and "intense" assault on its network, the US-based Web sites of Yahoo and some of its companion sites were unreachable for around three hours on Monday.

Bulletin: Ebay, Buy.com Confirm Sites Attacked

A day after the U.S. Web sites of Yahoo Inc. were targeted with a denial of service attack, Ebay Inc. and Buy.com Inc. have both said problems experienced by their Web sites today were due to similar attacks.

Japan's Data Center Arena Gets Crowded

The data center market in Japan, which hardly existed six months ago, has become increasingly crowded in the last two months as major U.S. data center operators and local players alike have announced plans to enter the market.

Internet Usage Gives ISDN a Boost in Japan

NTT West Corp., a local loop telephone operator in western Japan, announced yesterday it has installed its three millionth ISDN (integrated services digital network) line.

JEIDA: Japan 1999 PC Shipments Hit 9.2 Million

Shipments of personal computers in Japan in 1999 rose 31 percent to hit a record 9.2 million units, the Japan Electronics Industries Development Association (JEIDA) announced today.

NEC Makes Low-Power Processor Breakthrough

Researchers from Japan's NEC Corp. have unveiled the prototype of a new microprocessor that they say could serve as the model for future processors for mobile devices.

NTT DoCoMo: No Comment on Reported Orange Bid

NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (NTT DoCoMo) refused to comment today on weekend press reports that the company is about to make a bid for Orange PLC, the U.K. mobile telephone operator.

Korea Thrunet Says Broadband Users Pass 150,000

Korea Thrunet Co. Ltd., a Seoul-based provider of broadband Internet services, announced this week that the number of subscribers to its cable Internet access service passed 150,000 during January.

Seven-Eleven, Others to Sell Games with Sony

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), a unit of Sony Corp., today announced that a group of real-world retailers and video game software producers are investing in its soon-to-be-launched online retail service company PlayStation.com (Japan) Inc.

NTT DoCoMo Unveils Java, WAP Wireless Terminals

NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (NTT DoCoMo) this week unveiled protypes at Net&Com 21 exhibition of new handsets, including phones that support the Java programming language, and others featuring wireless application protocol (WAP).

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