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Monday, April 21, 2003
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Actress Hillary Duff prepares to film a commercial for Videonow on a soundstage in Beverly Hills.

Actress Hillary Duff prepares to film a commercial for Videonow on a soundstage in Beverly Hills. Videoone, by Hasbro, is the first ever-portable video disc player. It will be available in New York City in July and nationwide in the USA in September. 

A four-legged walking robot, Banryu, meaning house-sitting dinosaur, offers its paw on command at a press preview in Yokohama.

A four-legged walking robot, Banryu, meaning house-sitting dinosaur, offers its paw on command at a press preview in Yokohama. The robot is mounted with a camera that rotates 360 degrees and has 50 sensors. 

A Japanese woman is silhouetted as she uses a mobile phone in front of the NTT DoCoMo office.

A Japanese woman is silhouetted as she uses a mobile phone in front of the NTT DoCoMo office. DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile phone said it had achieved a lowered target of 3,20,000 subscribers for its high-speed third-generation (3G) mobile phone service by March.

Kevin Russell, chief executive of Telco Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd (HTA), speaks at the launch of Asia’s first third-generation mobile phone service in Sydney.

Kevin Russell, chief executive of Telco Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd (HTA), speaks at the launch of Asia’s first third-generation mobile phone service in Sydney. HTA is gambling A $3 billion ($1.8 billion) on the long awaited technology which includes fast Internet services to mobile phones.

— Reuters