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Samsung may delay completion of chip-making factory

Nov 3, 2012

Samsung Electronics Co. said it is considering delaying the completion of a factory to produce system semiconductors due to macroeconomic headwinds.Samsung Electronics said that it is considering pushing back the completion of a 2.25 trillion won (US$2.06 billion) factory due to the global economic slowdown and market conditions. The factory, located in Hwaseong, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, is under construction.The world's top maker of computer memory chips originally planned to finish the co
LG Innotek, Osram settle patent lawsuit

Nov 2, 2012

LG Innotek said Friday that it has reached an agreement with LG Group and Osram, a light-manufacturing unit of Siemens AG, over a patent dispute. The three have been engaged in a legal fight. Osram accused LG and Samsung of infringing on patent rights for LED technology in June last year. LG Innotek said the company and Osram have dropped patent lawsuits in five countries including Korea, U.S., Germany, Japan and China. LG Innotek added that LG Group, LG Innotek and Osram signed a cross-license
British judges order Apple to rewrite Samsung statement

Nov 2, 2012

LONDON (AFP) ― U.S. tech giant Apple has until Saturday to re-write an “inaccurate” statement relating to its patent dispute with South Korean rival Samsung, British judges have ruled.A British court forced Apple on Oct. 18 to post a message on the company’s website stating that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet computers had not infringed the design of Apple’s iPad.But Samsung complained that the message did not comply with the court order because it included comments on other rulings in Germany and the
Korean phones, cars thrive in U.S.

Nov 2, 2012

Samsung, LG LTE phones make strong showing in U.S., Hyundai-Kia’s sales top 1 million units
Foreign-invested carmakers struggle in Korean market

Nov 1, 2012

GM Korea, Ssangyong, Renault Samsung seen to be mapping out contingency plans
Microsoft unveils Windows 8, PC makers roll out smart PCs

Oct 31, 2012

As Microsoft globally launched its latest Windows 8 operating system in New York last Friday, a number of computer makers rushed to ride the wave of its publicity.Windows 8 was available nationwide on Oct. 26, the same day of its global premiere, and about 70 new PCs running on the new OS were displayed at over 3,000 online and offline stores, according to Microsoft officials. PC makers like Samsung Electronics, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba took turns in unveiling new portable PCs featuring converti
‘Time to seed’ for service robot boom

Oct 31, 2012

Considering the rapid shift in trends in information technology businesses, the demand for service robots will start to boom in 2020, according to a French service robotics industry expert.Bruno Bonnell, chairman of Europe’s largest service robotics company Robopolis, said the industrial trend changes every 10 years. We’re now living in the time of smartphones ― but that will change by 2020.“In 1981, computers were fun but they were machines for geeks. People said the devices were not so excitin
Peers are influential online as in person

Oct 31, 2012

Peers are influential when it comes to alcohol and drug use, and they are just as influential online as they are in person, U.S. researchers suggest. Sarah Stoddard and colleagues at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor conducted an online survey of 3,447 of U.S. adults ages 18-24. The survey found those who thought their parents and peers would be upset if they viewed images of their drinking and drug use online were less likely to drink. In addition, young adults who
S. Korea protests to Apple over new iPhone map showing

Oct 31, 2012

South Korea has protested to Apple Inc. over its new English-language mapping service for the iPhone, which shows both Korean and Japanese names for Dokdo, the South‘s easternmost islets, an official said Wednesday.Apple’s Korean unit recently notified the Korean government that its new English map service under the iOS6 mobile operating software simultaneously uses Korean, Japanese and a Franco-English name, the Liancourt Rocks, to describe Dokdo, which is also claimed by Japan.Apple‘s Korean-l
Google adds new compose features to Gmail

Oct 31, 2012

Google says a new feature in its Gmail program will allow users to reference the content of other emails without having to close out a message they‘re writing.An email draft a user is writing would remain on top of the main Gmail window similar to a pop-up chat screen but not completely obscure it, allowing the user to access the main window to read and reference previously received messages, Mashable reported Tuesday.“How many times have you been writing an email and had to reference something
Korean digital firm SocialLink to merge into Weber Shandwick

Oct 31, 2012

Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm, announced that Korean digital and social media communications specialist, SocialLink, has signed to merge its business into Weber Shandwick Korea on Wednesday. The owner and of SocialLink and digital communications specialist, Juny Lee, will take the seat of vice president of Weber Shandwick Korea. Lee said that the firm would continue to provide services directly to all of SocialLink’s existing clients. The merger expected to expand Weber Shandwi
Korea mulls ban on silent camera apps for smartphones

Oct 30, 2012

The government is considering a ban on mobile applications that disable the shutter noise from smartphone cameras to prevent misuse by peeping toms.The Telecommunications Technology Association plans to create a group standard by the end of this year to address the misuse of the apps, cooperating with smartphone makers including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech and mobile operators SK Telecom, KT and LG U+, according to the country’s telecommunications watchdog, Korea Communicatio
Galaxy beats iPhone in U.S. ‘torture tests’

Oct 29, 2012

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 defeated Apple’s iPhone 5 in “torture tests” that were posted by U.S. tech media site CNET on the video-sharing portal YouTube. CNET has performed various extraordinary experiments on the latest smartphones and tablet PCs to publicize the results online. Both the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 passed three experiments ― being put in a fridge for two hours, plunged into a fish tank and wrapped and roasted in an oven for an hour, according to the report. Although a temperatu
LG unveils 84-inch ultra-HD TV in the U.S.

Oct 28, 2012

LG Electronics has unveiled the world’s largest ultra-high-definition television in the U.S., aiming to penetrate the global HD television market. The Korean electronics giant held a launching ceremony for the 84-inch ultra HD television at electronics retailer Video & Audio Center in Los Angeles on Friday. “We took into account that California is the hub of entertainment and innovation,” the company said. LG’s new ultra HD product is equipped with a jumbo screen measuring 3.84 by 2.16 meters.
Apple posts ’mini’ notice admitting Samsung didn’t copy design

Oct 26, 2012

Apple Inc. on Friday posted a notice on its U.K. website admitting that Samsung’s tablets do not infringe on its iPad design, but tucked it away in a hard-to-find place.To uphold a U.K. court’s ruling to post the notice, Apple inserted a line saying “Samsung/Apple UK judgment” at the very bottom of the website, next to “Terms of Use” and “Private Policy.” When users click onto it, it opens a page outlining the ruling that sided with Samsung. “On 9th July 2012, the High Court of Justice of Englan