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To: cc rogers who wrote (11196)	7/13/2000 12:15:48 AM
From: Dan Spillane	Respond to of 13565

[More chips, please.] NEC, three others to brief on e-commerce tie-up Wednesday July 12, 10:11 pm Eastern Time TOKYO, July 13 (Reuters) - Leading Japanese computer maker NEC Corp said on Thursday it and three other firms will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. (0430 GMT) about a tie-up in the electronic commerce business. The other firms are Sumitomo Corp , Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd, the Japanese unit of Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HWP - news) and e-commerce enabling software maker Ariba Inc (NasdaqNM:ARBA - news). Online shopping is booming in Japan due to a rapid increase in Internet usage. More than 27 million Japanese -- one in five -- had an online connection last year and the number is expected to almost triple to 76.7 million by 2005, the Japanese government said last month. biz.yahoo.com

To: cc rogers who wrote (11196)	7/13/2000 12:18:07 AM
From: Dan Spillane	Respond to of 13565

Sony sets output target for new hand-held device [How much flash and other chips do 50,000-100,000 devices a month use? And I think these will have wireless Internet.] Wednesday July 12, 11:31 pm Eastern Time TOKYO, July 13 (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would launch two pocketbook-sized personal digital assistants in Japan on September 9, joining the hotly contested global market for hand-held computing devices. Sony set an initial monthly production target of 50,000-100,000 of the new devices, which it expects will retail for about 55,000 to 60,000 yen each, a spokesman said. The devices, which will use application software developed by Palm Computing Inc (NasdaqNM:PALM - news), will be introduced in the United States later in the year, said Sony. The company struck a licensing agreement with Palm last year. Mobile devices are considered a strategic piece of Sony's drive to lead the development of home digital networks that link digital televisions, set-top boxes and other devices. Sony's shares ended the morning session down 2.31 percent at 10,570, in line with general weakness in the Tokyo stock market, partly reflecting Wednesday's unexpected bankruptcy announcement by department store Sogo Co Ltd. biz.yahoo.com