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Samsung Group chief moving, but still unconscious

Jun 10, 2014

Samsung Group said Tuesday that chairman Lee Kun-hee’s health is improving, but he remains unconscious.He was able to move his hands and feet a little, and open his eyes for seven to eight hours, a group spokeswoman said, citing Samsung Medical Center’s official announcement regarding the chairman’s progress.“The chairman is recovering, but it is difficult to say that he has gained consciousness,” she said.Lee Kun-heeThe 72-year-old Samsung boss has been in the hospital for a month since he had
LG G3’s battery life overwhelms rivals: researcher

Jun 10, 2014

LG Electronics’ latest smartphone, the G3, has the best battery performance in the market, a market researcher said Tuesday.Online researcher Phone Arena said the battery life of LG’s 5.5-inch smartphone came to 8 hours and 50 minutes when the device was running only basic functions, including Web surfing.The duration was longer than the 8 hours and 20 minutes of its biggest rival, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S5. Sony’s Xperia Z2 and HTC’s One M8 last 8 hours, 10 minutes, and 7 hours, 12 minutes
Samsung to seek Lee’s personal exemption in India court

Jun 9, 2014

Samsung Group said Monday that it would seek another legal option to exempt chairman Lee Kun-hee from appearing in person before India’s court to face criminal charges filed by an Indian company. The Korean conglomerate reiterated that Lee has “no connection to this case whatsoever.”“Samsung is expected to tell the court once again that the chairman will not be able to attend the trial,” said a Samsung official.“The plaintiffs are insisting the chairman appear in court without having any solid e
KT to showcase future mobile environment at Shanghai expo

Jun 9, 2014

KT Corp., Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, will showcase its gigabit-class technologies at the Mobile Asia Expo, Asia’s largest telecommunications trade show, to be held in Shanghai from Wednesday to Friday. This marks the second consecutive time that the mobile carrier has been invited to participate in the MAE. On Wednesday, KT’s chief executive Hwang Chang-gyu, a former chief of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor unit who took the helm of the mobile carrier in January, is scheduled to d
Samsung phones approved for use at Pentagon

Jun 8, 2014

The U.S. Department of Defense has approved the use of five types of Samsung Android phones by its employees at their workplaces, Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday.The devices include the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and Galaxy Note 10, all equipped with security solution KNOX. They are now on the U.S. department's Defense Information System Agency's approved product list, the South Korean company said.The phones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) along with Samsun
Samsung speeds up succession

Jun 5, 2014

Group’s flagship electronics business snaps up equities in other affiliates
SK hynix acquires Softeq’s firmware

Jun 5, 2014

SK hynix, South Korea’s second-biggest memory chip maker, said Thursday that it has acquired the firmware unit of Softeq Development based in Minsk, Belarus, in Eastern Europe.The deal, which also includes not only buying the firmware technology but also bringing in its key assets such as talented engineers, was in line with its efforts to further boost the Korean company’s NAND flash memory solutions.“The company will be able to further bolster its global research and development, and competiti
Technology brings changes to voting

Jun 4, 2014

Electronic authentication system boosts balloting efficiency
Computex participants bet big on wearables

Jun 4, 2014

TAIPEI ― Computex, one of Asia’s biggest information and communication technology trade shows, kicked off on Tuesday, highlighting a wide variety of cutting-edge technologies from smartwatches to smartglasses powered by energy efficient chips.ARM, the British chip giant whose designs are found in more than 90 percent of global smartphones and tablets, drew attention from both the media and the tech industry as it announced it would be focusing on developing smaller and more powerful processors f
Microsoft Asia chief to visit Korea

Jun 4, 2014

Software giant could seek to promote mobile products, cloud services
Volume of encrypted email rising amid spying fears

Jun 4, 2014

The volume of email cloaked in encryption technology is rapidly rising as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major Internet companies try to shield their users’ online communications from government spies and other snoops.Google and other companies are now automatically encrypting all email, but that doesn’t ensure confidentiality unless the recipients’ email provider also adopts the technology.In an analysis released Tuesday, Google Inc. said that about 65 percent of the messages sent by its Gma
Samsung IPOs to finance Lee’s succession plans

Jun 3, 2014

Everland’s listing to reshape Samsung group’s equity structure
[Herald Interview] IP5 to boost global patent cooperation

Jun 3, 2014

G5 patent chiefs to convene in Busan to further improve efficiency
Samsung to unveil Gear 3

Jun 2, 2014

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, is striving to take the lead in the global wearables market and is likely to roll out its next-generation smartwatch, presumably the Samsung Gear 3, in the latter half of this year, according to industry sources. “Samsung is working on the next generation of the Samsung Gear 2, and it will be sold in a bundle package with the upcoming Galaxy Note 4,” one of the sources said. Samsung’s smartwatches, the Galaxy Gear and Samsung Gear 2, hav
KMI sole bidder for 2.5GHz bandwidth: gov't

Jun 2, 2014

Korea Mobile Internet (KMI) is the sole bidder for the 2.5Ghz frequency bandwidth that can be used for long-term evolution time-division duplex (LTE-TDD) and wireless broadband (WiBro), the government said Monday. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, KMI has been the only bidder in the auction that began on May 2. The company made up of mobile virtual network firms originally requested a license to become a LTE-TDD operator on Nov. 14 2013, but retracted its request