If so-called cyberjihadis want to launch another social media attack on America's military, they will have plenty of targets: the U.S. Army alone lists more than 2,000 links to feeds on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other accounts. In the wake of Monday's breach of U.S. ...
Ministry to draft guidelines for Internet providers on storing access data
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is to formulate new guidelines for Internet providers to store communication data in the face of a rise in cybercrime, with experts to begin discussions on Thursday and report in March. The ministry is leaning toward revising existing ...
E-commerce allows entrepreneurs to flourish outside big cities
Growing numbers of business ventures are setting up in rural towns and cities as the Internet negates the problems of geographic isolation. "We experience no disadvantages despite being far from Tokyo, as we can communicate with our customers via the Internet," said Shinji Hamauzu, president ...
Digital detox retreats let stressed Japanese log out
While many tourists go to great lengths to always be digitally accessible, a growing number of gadget-weary travelers in Japan are seeing what it is like to leave behind mobile phones and social media services altogether. Joining a trend that started overseas last year, they ...
Boy's 8,000 unauthorized Twitter accounts net him energy drink bottle lotto bonanza
A high school boy from Saitama Prefecture created some 8,000 Twitter accounts to participate in a lottery over the Internet and won some 70 bottles of an energy drink, it was learned Friday. Twitter prohibits individuals from creating multiple accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes. ...
North Korean Net access restored after long outage amid hacking dispute
North Korea's limited access to the Internet was restored after being cut off for hours, days after the U.S. government accused the country of hacking into Sony Corp.'s files. The connection, which can be patchy, was restored after a nearly 10-hour outage, Dyn Research said ...
Activist challenges secrets law with anonymous whistle-blower website
A Japanese Internet activist and academic is challenging the recently enacted state secrets law by setting up a website aimed at making it easier for government officials to leak sensitive information to the media without getting caught. The website, unveiled Friday, uses an open source ...
Sony flummoxed in finding alternative ways to release 'The Interview'
Sony Pictures said on Friday it is looking for alternatives to release "The Interview" after it scrapped the Christmas Day theatrical opening of the screwball comedy at the center of a cyberattack on the studio blamed on North Korea. After a rare public shaming of ...
Gadget maker wants everyday items to have online access
A sleek, ¥10,246 leather-clad padlock being marketed by Tokyo-based startup DentsuBlue might look like another extravagant toy for the wealthy — but this one can be used in many different ways and even link itself to the Internet. The product, to be marketed as the ...
