Hitachi Software Engineering Co Ltd announced a new product in its 'StarBoard' series of electronic blackboards, intending to expand the sales to the education market. The company changed the functions of the 'PX-DUO-50' electronic blackboard and will release it Aug 17, 2008. The new product is intended for the 'School New Deal program,' which Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology proposed to enhance ICT (information and communication technology) and quake resistance of schools. The ministry is planning to set up an electronic blackboard priced at about
