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Samsung launching larger-size smartphone in Japan
November 8, 2012 10:50 am | by Kyodo, The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Japanese unit of Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea said Thursday it will launch a larger-size smartphone in Japan on Nov. 16, a move that will accelerate competition in the market ahead of the year-end shopping season.
New E-reader technology launched in Korea
November 7, 2012 9:54 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNeonode Inc. (NASDAQ:NEON), the optical touch technology company, announced today that the “Crema Touch” e-reader from Netronix/PAGEone, incorporating Neonode MultiSensing Touch Technology, was launched to the Korean consumer market.
South Korea probing falsely certified nuclear parts
November 6, 2012 9:21 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAn official says South Korea's nuclear watchdog is investigating a forgery scandal that is forcing the shutdown of two reactors and sparked fears of unprecedented power shortages this winter. Nuclear Safety and Security Commission spokeswoman Shim Eun-jung said Tuesday her agency is checking forged safety certificates...
Build your own home theater with 'Virtual Sound Ball'
November 5, 2012 2:54 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsA KAIST research team developed a powerful audio rendering technology that reproduces a desired sound field 'more clearly and accurately' to an original sound source by establishing an array system of loudspeakers and software interface...
Samsung logs record-high profit
October 25, 2012 8:52 pm | by YOUKYUNG LEE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co.'s third-quarter net profit nearly doubled over a year earlier to a record high propelled by strong sales of Galaxy phones that helped widen its lead over rivals. The South Korean company said Friday its July-September net income totaled 6.56 trillion won ($5.97 billion),...
Ai Weiwei goes 'Gangnam Style' with handcuffs
October 25, 2012 12:20 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsChinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is the latest to go "Gangnam Style" — but in a trademark act of irreverence, he's thrown in a pair of handcuffs and a poke at Chinese censors. In a video posted on YouTube, Ai sports a neon-pink T-shirt, black jacket and dark sunglasses and energetically mimics...
LG Electronics post profit on smartphone sales
October 24, 2012 1:04 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSouth Korean consumer electronics maker LG Electronics Inc. reported a third straight quarterly profit on Wednesday as sales of smartphones designed for faster wireless networks helped end losses at its mobile phone business. LG forecast higher smartphone sales for the current quarter...
Advanced biofuel through engineered microorganisms
October 23, 2012 11:52 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsCombining systems metabolic engineering and downstream process, production of butanol, an important industrial solvent and advanced biofuel, could be dramatically increased. A Korean research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has succeeded in...
Samsung kicking Apple to curb for LCD panels
October 22, 2012 11:56 am | by CNET | News | CommentsThe Korea Times says Samsung will replace the lost Apple business with more display orders from Samsung's handset business and Amazon. Samsung's display business plans to end its LCD panel supply agreement with Apple...
Yahoo to exit South Korea by end of year
October 19, 2012 5:55 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsYahoo Inc. says it will close its South Korean web portal and an Internet advertising business, cutting its losses in a market where it has struggled for over a decade. Yahoo Korea said Friday it will be shut down by the end of the year. Since entering South Korea in 1997, Yahoo has operated a...
Samsung Earns Record-High Profit
October 5, 2012 9:23 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co. forecast another record quarterly operating profit, likely driven by strong sales of high-end smartphones. However, analysts said a rise in marketing spending will decrease the company's profit in the October-December quarter.
Lab in the Wild asks: What's your Internet like?
August 6, 2012 2:36 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsCambridge, Mass – August 6, 2012 - One size fits all? Not on the Web. Users from different countries and cultures actually interact with information in different ways. To explore how people click and tap through the vast network of online offerings, a team of computer scientists from Harvard have launched the "Lab in the Wild".
Samsung tries to stay in consumer spotlight ahead of launch of latest iPhone
August 3, 2012 8:36 am | by Youkyung Lee, Technology Writer, Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co., the world's largest mobile-phone maker, said Friday it plans to show a new mobile device in late August, trying to stay in the consumer spotlight ahead of Apple's expected release of the latest iPhone in September.
2 South Koreans arrested in theft of data from 8 million cellphone customers
July 30, 2012 9:13 am | by HYUNG-JIN KIM and YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press | News | CommentsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean police said they arrested two men who allegedly stole the personal details of about 8 million mobile phone subscribers and sold the data to marketing companies in one of the country's biggest hacking schemes.
Homemade South Korean satellite to go boldly into space
July 26, 2012 8:42 am | by Eunhye Shin, The Associated Press | News | CommentsYears of rummaging through back-alley electronics stores will pay off later this year for a South Korean artist when he fulfills his dream of launching a homemade, basement-built satellite into space.
Private subway cars: The personal luxury of today
July 13, 2012 10:05 am | by Clara Ennist, Editorial Intern | Blogs | CommentsPininfarina, the Italian automaker, has come up with a solution to long commutes and rude passengers on the subway with its Personal Rapid Transit Vehicle.
For Samsung, Galaxy halo effect comes with supply crunch
June 26, 2012 9:16 am | by Miyoung Kim, Reuters | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics' struggle to keep pace with rampant demand for its new Galaxy S III smartphone may have cost the South Korean firm some 2 million units of sales in just a month.
Printed Graphene Tech Brings Promise for Better Displays
June 21, 2010 7:05 am | News | CommentsResearchers at Samsung and Sungkyunkwan University, in Korea, have produced a continuous layer of pure graphene the size of a large television.
Alchimer Opens 300mm Applications-and-Development Facility in Asia
March 22, 2010 4:26 am | News | CommentsAlchimer, a provider of nanometric deposition technology for semiconductor interconnects and through-silicon vias, has opened a facility in Seoul, South Korea, for demonstration of its innovative processes on 300mm wafers.
