(KRT) - The number of foreign exchange students - particularly from other Asian countries - studying at vocational colleges in Japan is rising.

Popular courses include animation, video game design and fashion, all of which are considered high-profile careers these days.

Although most of the students hope to start their careers in Japan, some would like to return home, which could le...

The Republican Party and the Bush Administration are reeling, enmeshed in corruption and failure, and the ideology of the regressive right is in retreat.

Unfortunately, it appears that the congressional Democrats and the Democratic Party would prefer to throw cold water on the hot iron.

What in the name of God and the US Constitution has neutered the Democrats?

Clearly, if the...

Oct. 7--Many people may know Dell as a computer company that outsources its customer service to India, but it also provides outsourcing services for other companies.

In fact, outsourcing is Dell Inc.'s fastest-growing business, making up $4 billion in annual revenue and growing at 30 percent a year, said Deborah A. Dunnam, the company's vice president of services. Dell's clients includ...

Bose Corporation expects to increase its distribution network to 24 showrooms by 2008 from nine stores at present.

On the sidelines of launching Bose AL8 homewide wireless audio link, Ratish Pandey, general manager, told Business Standard, �Moving forward, the share from home entertainment systems division, which accounts to 55 per cent of the turnover will increase to 70 per cent in the ...

Computer hackers are at it again. This time it's Sony's portable Playstation which is being targeted.

The company says the first trojan virus has destroyed some Playstations by disguising itself as a hack, used by people who download games, which are not approved by Sony.

If the virus gets inside the Playstation, it will delete files and ruin the device. You can protect you...

Issue 6th October 2005By CBR Staff Writer Advertisement Adaptec bought Snap only last summer, for $90 million cash and $10 million in stock options, as part of a plan to replace its shrinking storage business with array-making and software activities. The plan had already been put into action in 2003 when Adaptec bought Irish low-end array maker Eurologic. Now Eurologic is also up for sale, alo...

6 Oct 2005, 18:04 GMT - The operator of the London exchange has been the subject of intense takeover speculation for several months, which culminated in the Deutsche Boerse offering 530 pence per share to acquire it. This bid was subsequently rejected, leaving observers to suggest that any Macquarie led consortium will have to make an offer in excess of Boerse's bid.

According to the rep...

Former PeopleSoft Inc. CEO Craig Conway has joined the board of Salesforce.com Inc., an online software pioneer whose rapidly growing market is being targeted by Oracle Corp. -- the business software maker that tangled with Conway before buying PeopleSoft last year.

``Craig is a seasoned executive who brings a wealth of industry and business knowledge that will benefit Salesforce.com as w...

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Users of the Symantec's AntiVirus Scan Engine are being advised to upgrade their software, thanks to a critical security bug in the product. The flaw could theoretically allow an attacker to take control of an affected system, according to Symantec

Because of a bug in the Scan Engine's administrative interface, it is possible for an attacker to take over a ...

"At Microsoft, we're investing heavily in security because we want customers to be able to trust their computing experiences, so they can realize the full benefits of the interconnected world we live in," said Ballmer. "With the continuing onslaught of malware, viruses, phishing attacks and other kinds of Internet fraud, creating a more secure computing environment requires a concerted, long-t...