Martyn Williams

NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its first handset to operate over its third-generation (3G) cellular network while also providing voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls over wireless Internet networks.

Just when you thought cell phones had everything, engineers at Sharp Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have come up with new handsets that can double as portable karaoke machines.

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has developed a prototype wireless Internet Protocol (IP) telephone handset that can also be used with conventional cellular telephone networks.

The total number of Internet users in Japan rose 11.3 per cent during the year to hit just under 63 million at the end of February, according to a survey published Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are expanding an existing global systems integration alliance to work together on software and hardware for mission-critical systems, the two companies announced Monday.

NTT DoCoMo Inc. hopes to have 25 million subscribers on its third-generation cellular network by early 2007, the company said Wednesday.

Internet users visiting some of the most popular sites on the Web may unwittingly be downloading malicious code that compromises their computers and sets up a relay network for a future onslaught of spam, a security services company warned Thursday.

American investment company The Carlyle Group and Japan's Kyocera Corp. have struck a deal to take control of DDI Pocket Inc., a Japanese mobile telephone carrier, the companies said Monday.