Pimp Your iPhone 3G with an Evangelion Screen Protector!
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/12/2008 - 04:05] - 
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This morning Kei and I went to Akihabara for some winter shopping and came across this nice set of Evangelion iPhone 3G screen protectors. For a couple thousand Yen you can able to pimp up your iPhone with either Rei, the Nerv logo, or[...]
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HDI-SAH7: I-O Data’s New Outrageously Expensive 1.5TB HDD
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/11/2008 - 11:06] - 2 - Pc
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I-O Data Japan announced a new 7200rpm SATAII 1.5TB HDD, the HDI-SAH7. Nothing special you may say, since 1.5TB HDDs are common these days. What hits me the most here is its price tag, 30,600 Yen (250 EUR), twice more expensive than th[...]
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AkihabaraNews Update and Features
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/11/2008 - 12:00] - 0 - Misc
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Hi folks, hope you’re all enjoying your week-end wherever you are! Just a few updates for you regarding Akihabara News, and some new features. 1) Thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts regarding this topic: AkihabaraNews 20[...]
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Tsukumo Goes Bankrupt
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/10/2008 - 02:22] - 0 - Misc
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Tsukumo, with its huge black store, is iconic in Akihabara. By many standards was a cool place for PC freaks to shop. It was also the only robot store in Akihabara, the only place you could play with a NANOI before purchasing it. It ap[...]
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AkihabaraNews and Myself Among T3′s Power 50, 2008
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/10/2008 - 04:39] - 3 - Misc
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Tech magazine T3 (Tomorrow’s Technology Today), a British based magazine available in over 20 countries, will publish an update of its POWER 50, the 50 most powerful people in tech in their November, 2008 issue. Each year they se[...]
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AkihabaraNews 2009… Design Tests
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/10/2008 - 04:37] - 12 - Misc
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Hi everyone, I’d like to share some things we’ve been working on lately. You may have seen some changes in the AkihabaraNews design. So far minor changes, and you may see more in the next few days. We’re playing with [...]
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Akihabara Live: Inside a Japanese Second Hand Electronics Store
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/10/2008 - 03:22] - 3 - Misc
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Akihabara has changed a lot over the past seven years, there used to be many amazing stores. The huge Yodobashi Camera store changed Akihabara’s landscape a lot, and not for the best… Although there are still plenty of second han[...]
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Retro World, SOTEC’s 1998 iMac Clone, the e-One
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/10/2008 - 02:46] - 0 - Pc
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Back in 1998 Apple rocked the world with their colorful iMac. Believe it or not, at this time many PC makers began rethinking their designs to attract more customers… Like the Japanese manufacturer SOTEC with their almost perfect[...]
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AkihabaraNews.com Now Twitter Ready
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [26/10/2008 - 12:28] - 1 - Misc
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Better late than never, AkihabaraNews.com and your beloved SpacePig (Uchu No Buta) are now on Twitter! If you’re a Twitter user just join us here! http://twitter.com/akihabaranews We’d like to also remind you that we can be[...]
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Canon 5D Mark II, Visiting Akihabara
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/10/2008 - 04:07] - 4 - Image
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Today I went to meet an old friend of mine, an avid AkihabaraNews reader, and we decided to take a walk in Akihabara to get some use out of our Canon 5D Mark II. Here are some live pictures (taken a few hours ago) within the Akihabara [...]
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Get a Job in Japan: Akihabara News and Joblet Japan Hand in Hand with You
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/10/2008 - 02:20] - 13 - Misc
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When I created Akihabara News, alone, in the dark, six years ago, I was slimmer and had WAY more hair than now… Even If I’m very happy with our 2 Million + UVs per month, I admit that being a Gaijin in Japan is not easy, es[...]
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This Week on Akihabara News
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/5/2008 - 02:04] - 0 - Misc
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Seattle Mobius 2008, Here I Come! USB Fan from Green House A New Keyboard from Enermax in Two Classic Colors Pioneer’s at it Again with a New DVD Player-5.1 Surround System: The HTZ-373DV Sanyo Releases Two New Projectors: LP-XC5[...]
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What Happened Last Week on Akihabara News?
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/5/2008 - 06:52] - 0 - Misc
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What was “hot” last week on Akihabara News? Well here you are! •Samsung Strengthens Its Blu-ray Leadership •New Hello Kitty Goodies of the Week •ARS-2212: Your Portable RAID1 Backup System •Two Cute Little Color Laser Print[...]
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Mandarake’s New Store in Akihabara
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/4/2008 - 02:15] - 2 - Misc
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Mandarake is one of the most famous used anime and manga-related product stores in Tokyo, and worldwide. With three stores in Tokyo (Nakano Broadway, Shibuya and Ikebukuro) as well as locations in Osaka and Fukuoka, the company decided[...]
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Sa-ya-chan Launches a New DVD in Japan
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/4/2008 - 01:17] - 7 - Misc
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A little bit off topic, but we were pleased to receive an invitation from E-Net Frontier to participate in their official DVD launch event last Saturday in Akihabara. For those who aren’t familiar with the “Japanese Idol” concept[...]
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Mario Kart Wii Unboxing
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/4/2008 - 11:44] - 6 - Misc
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Ok! Ok! Ok! Mario Kart was officially launched yesterday, but we barely had time during lunch to run like madmen to the nearest video game store in Akihabara… Now we have the beast in our hands, and it will be hard waiting until tonigh[...]
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Get Your Own Copy of Vista SP1 Ultimate ∑ Now in Japan!
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/3/2008 - 10:09] - 7 - Pc
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This Saturday Microsoft held a small joint promotional event for the launch of its SP1 based Vista software “Vista SP1 Ultimate ∑.” This event took place as usual at the… brace yourself… CAFFE SOLARE Linux Café… Yep, you go[...]
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Hey ! We’ve been Blogged !
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/3/2008 - 10:30] - 4 - Misc
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I’ve known of the Blogged website which promotes and rates new blogs a bit like the “Guide Michelin” book… Yesterday I received an email from the team letting me know that Akiba received an excellent mark of 9.2 points out of 10…[...]
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Pi-Box Sizka from Pinon
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/3/2008 - 01:33] - 0 - Pc
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Nowadays there are tons of compact desktops and the Mac Mini is by far one of the most famous. Let’s imagine for a minute that you can spend as much as money as you would for a 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, (that supports XP or Vista wi[...]
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Looking for the Ultimate HDD Storage Tower?
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/3/2008 - 01:10] - 2 - Pc
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The well known company behind the Lubic Cases this week-end promoted in Akihabara their ultimate storage case for HDD. It allows you to store up to ten HDDs and power them up with a regular PC power supply. Now I wonder how on earth yo[...]
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Participate in this Survey and You Have a Chance of Winning One of Our Three Prizes (Panasonic R7, Nintendo DS Lite, or PSP Lite) !
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/2/2008 - 07:02] - 11 - Misc
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Hi folks, we have three contests for you coming ! One with NihonCar.com as well as on ManualGear.com (coming Monday) and starting today on Akihabara News ! This is pretty simple, just fill the survey and cross your fingers! You may win[...]
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Akiba Maid Cafe Style!
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/2/2008 - 03:22] - 9 - Misc
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While most Geeks in the world are CRAZY about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, a pretty slick Windows Mobile phone (photo below), Japan decided to mock this news and preferred to stand for a National Public Holiday in the glory of… S[...]
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