a-week-in-tech-july-6--july-12

A week in tech, July 6 - July 12

A round-up of all the latest tech news.
Japan

Internet
ò The countryÆs Ministry of Information and Communication said the number of internet users in Japan accessing the web from cell phones exceeded those from personal computers in 2005. At the end of the year, the report said there were 69.2 million people using the internet from mobile devices, compared to 66 million conventional PC users. Of these two user groups, 48.6 million use both a mobile device and a conventional PC, giving Japan a total internet population of 85.3 million users. In 2005, the total mobile internet commerce market was worth Ñ724 billion $6.3 billion, according to the report, with sales of mobiles still composing a large proportion of...
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