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TV makers draw swords on Google, Apple in war over living rooms

IndustryJan 5, 2011

Television makers will use the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce new Internet services and blunt efforts by Google Inc. and Apple Inc. to dominate home entertainment. Samsung Electronics Co., LG Electronics Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc., the set-top box supplier, will unveil applications, signaling they won’t cede leadership to Google, Apple or other upstarts angling to get consume
Nearly half of foreign firms have no hiring plans: survey

IndustryJan 5, 2011

Nearly half of foreign companies with branches in South Korea have no plans to recruit university graduates this year, a survey showed on Wednesday.A survey of 58 foreign firms conducted by the online recruiting agent JobKorea found that 26, or 44.8 percent, do not have plans to hire any new graduates this year.Of the remainder, 24 companies responded that they will be looking for new employees th
New computer chips help PCs compete with tablets

WorldJan 5, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Semiconductor companies are whipping up a new generation of chips to bring richer video and better battery life to personal computers and help them hold off threats from tablets and increasingly powerful smart phones.Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose processors are the “brains” of PCs, are unveiling significant changes to their chips’ designs at this week’s In
N. Korea flaunts laptops, football skills in Moscow art show

TheaterJan 5, 2011

MOSCOW (AFP) -- A ponytailed worker taps on a laptop and rosy-cheeked children sport baseball caps in a rare exhibition of contemporary North Korean art that is now on display at a trendy Moscow gallery.The exhibition, titled “Water Still Flows Under Ice,” addresses themes such as World Cup football, new technology and Western fashion. It is running at Winzavod, a brick-walled former factory that
Seoul shares end slightly lower after rally

Jan 5, 2011

Korean stocks finished 0.12 percent lower on Wednesday as investors sat on the sidelines following recent rallies that had set fresh record highs, analysts said. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 2.59 points to 2,082.55 after reaching a new intra-day high of 2,087.14 at one point. Trading volume was moderate at 379.1 million shares
Economic gap between Koreas widens further

Jan 5, 2011

The economic gap between South and North Korea remained wide across the board with differences in income level and trade more apparent than in other areas, data showed Wednesday. According to the data by Statistics Korea, South Korea’s per-capita gross national income amounted to $17,175 at the end of 2009, about 18 times larger than the $960 tallied for the North. During the cited year, the South
Asus hopes tablet variety will lure fans

IndustryJan 5, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Taiwan’s AsusTek Computer Inc. plans to start selling an array of tablet computers ― including hybrids that sit somewhere between a laptop and a tablet ― with the hope that variety is the best weapon against Apple Inc.’s iPad and other similar gadgets.Asus chairman Jonney Shih unveiled the new devices Tuesday ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They
New edition removes Twain’s ‘offensive’ words

BooksJan 5, 2011

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) ― Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” will try to find out if that holds true by replacing a word considered a racial slur with the word “slave” in an effort not to offend readers.Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who is working with Ne
Incheon to send research team to Russia to file Korean relics

TheaterJan 5, 2011

INCHEON (Yonhap) ― The Incheon Metropolitan Government will send a team of experts to Russia to catalog Korean historic relics scattered across the Eurasian country and work toward having them exhibited in their home country, city officials said Wednesday.The move follows an agreement Incheon Mayor Song Young-gil signed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to South Korea in Nove
Sheriff wants Lohan charged with battery

FilmJan 5, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Sheriff’s investigators want Lindsay Lohan charged with battery for last month’s skirmish with a Betty Ford Center rehabilitation technician.A two-week investigation shows the 24-year-old actress violated her probation during the altercation and details will be sent to the Los Angeles County Probation Department this week, Riverside sheriff’s Sgt. Joe Borja said. Lindsay Lohan.
Samsung’s new manager eyes KBO title

BaseballJan 5, 2011

Ryu Joong-il, the new manager of the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization, set his goal high for his first season as a bench boss.“The goal is to win the Korean Series,” Ryu said at a press conference Wednesday here, about 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul. It was Ryu’s his first public appearance since being named the manager last week.“I want to play an entertaining, aggressive brand
Kim wants focus only on golf

GolfJan 5, 2011

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) ― Anthony Kim wants 2011 to be a season that changes his career.He hopes it might be enough to change his reputation, too.One of the most dynamic young talents in golf? That’s what people were saying two years ago, when Kim blew away the field with a record score at Quail Hollow, then shot 65 in the final round at Congressional to win the AT&T National. It made him the younges
Cho Yang-ho recognized for influence on Olympics

More sportsJan 5, 2011

The head of the 2018 Winter Olympics bidding committee for South Korea’s PyeongChang has been named among 25 figures expected to wield the most influence on Olympic-related developments in 2011.Around the Rings (www.aroundtherings.com), a U.S. website specializing in Olympic-related news, ranked Cho Yang-ho, chairman of the PyeongChang bid efforts, No. 7 on its annual list of the “Golden 25.” Sinc
Hyundai raises export prices of steel products

IndustryJan 5, 2011

Hyundai Steel on Wednesday further raised the export price of bar and section products by up to $50 per metric ton.With the changes, H-shape section steel has been raised to between $800 and $810 per ton, including freight costs, for the Middle East and Southeast Asia, respectively.Products bound for Europe and the U.S. will be priced at between $830 and $840 per ton in line with the changes imple
Samsung C&T tops consumer satisfaction survey

IndustryJan 5, 2011

Five-star hotels, technical colleges also receive good marks for consumer-tailored servicesSamsung C&T Corp., known for its apartment brand “Raemian,” acquired the highest rating in a national consumer satisfaction survey last year, the Korea Productivity Center said on Tuesday. Yeungjin College and Daelim Industries Co. garnered the second and third places, respectively. The survey of 65,427 con