Alas. It’s a sad day today. Japan has lost the cassette tape forever. No more Japanese-Pop Mixtapes.  As you may imagine sales have been declining in recent years, increasingly so since the introduction of MP3 players. It’s not the end of the world though, literally. Sony says it “has no plans to stop selling the [...]

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Tomorrow will see the start of the 2010 International Consumer Electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas. Regarded as one of the most important consumer electronics shows in the world, the CES has seen the introduction of everything from Tetris (1988) to the DVD (1996.) Hundreds of exhibits will be showcased in the next few days, [...]

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I’m just old enough to have been young when cassette tapes were popular. I’m sure I’m not the only one who sat next to the radio listening to Dr Fox’s Top 40 and trying to cue the record function after he stopped talking so I could get whatever drivel Take That were pumping out that [...]

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You can try to deny it, but deep down you know it’s true; Hello Kitty is a world-wide phenomenon. The cute cartoon kitty cat has come a long way over the years and the market for HK products has grown enormously. So here I bring to you the best of Hello Kitty! (Gadgets of course… [...]

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