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May 02, 2006

In Japan, mobile phones


In Japan, mobile phones replacing wallets, keys, credit cards
MENAFN - TOKYO _ Mobile phones just keep getting more versatile in Japan. With cellular phone in hand, Japanese consumers can purchase from vending machines, buy train tickets, order a bowl of noodles, trade stock, bid at online auctions and change channels

Rising baht'slowing economy'
Nation - Thailand - For every one baht the US dollar loses in value against the Thai currency, the economy will slow by 0.29 percentage points, according to the Fiscal Policy Office of the Finance Ministry. The projection is part of a macro-economic scenario the Fiscal

Japan's universal phones can almost run the universe
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Takeshi Natsuno of NTT DoCoMo explains the services of his company's cellphones. Japanese can use phones to purchase from vending machines, buy train tickets, trade stock and change TV channels. TOKYO -- Cellphones just keep getting more versatile in

How they learned to stop worrying and love Iran
Canada Free Press - You read the words and you think of Slim Pickens, a B-52, Russian airspace, a befuddled Dmitri and the unplanned delivery of a thermonuclear weapon. Today, however, there are more sinister forces at work, with the Democrats throwing all caution to

Posted by auctionbullet at May 2, 2006 01:32 PM