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FBI background file has mixed reviews of Steve Jobs

Feb 15, 2012

SAN JOSE, California ― He had smoked pot and dropped LSD. He could be a pain to work with. He twisted the truth at times.Yet according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation background file released Thursday, former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs would still have made a fine presidential appointee.The 1991 background check was conducted when then-President George H. W. Bush was considering Jobs for a spot on the President’s Export Council, a position he did not get. And while the file contain
Chey committed to reinvigorating Hynix

Feb 15, 2012

After more than a decade of trying to find a buyer, Hynix Semiconductor finally found a new owner in SK Telecom on Tuesday.With the board naming SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won the co-chief executive and SK Telecom president Ha Sung-min as the head of the board for Hynix, the buyout was completed.Chey, 52, chairman of the country’s No. 3 conglomerate, will officially direct the new Hynix, which could potentially be named SK Hynix, together with its current chief executive Kwon Oh-chul.“Chairman C
Man gives Valentine's kidney

Feb 15, 2012

A Chicago man is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving his girlfriend one of the most precious gifts he has -- his kidney.Terry Lee said his girlfriend, Trisha Beckwith, was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus after they had been dating for about four months and soon discovered her kidneys w
KT restores Internet access for Samsung's smart TVs

Feb 14, 2012

(Yonhap News) -- KT Corp., South Korea’s top fixed-line operator, on Tuesday resumed services for Internet-enabled TVs produced by Samsung Electronics Co., four days after it restricted access to its high-speed network, the country's telecommunications watchdog said.The service was resumed at
Samsung Electronics to unveil new tablet computer in March

Feb 14, 2012

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a new 7-inch tablet computer next month in a bid to further tap into the smart device market.(Yonhap News)The company said that it will launch the Galaxy Tab 2 in global markets next month, starting with its debut
iPad sales surpass 1 million in Korea

Feb 12, 2012

Apple is estimated to have sold more than 1 million iPad tablet computers in the Korean market, outpacing its local rival Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab by a wide margin. Apple’s iPad debuted here on Nov. 30, 2010 and its sequel iPad 2 was introduced on April 29 last year. About 700,000 units were sold last year alone, dominating the nascent tablet computer market here.Given that many early adopters bought iPad even before the product was formally available on the local market, the actual numbe
Korea checking Google’s new privacy policy

Feb 12, 2012

South Korea’s communications regulator said Saturday it is checking to see if Google’s new privacy policy of combining all user information into a single trove violates local laws.A source at the Korea and Communications Commission said an investigation is underway to see if the measures being planned by the global search engine conflict with domestic private information protection and open use of Internet rules. Google’s changes are expected to go into effect on March 1.The comments come after
Japan scientist makes ‘Avatar’ robot

Feb 10, 2012

A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster “Avatar” one step closer to reality. A scene from Movie "Avatar" Telesar V robot (AFP-Yonhap News)Users of the TELESAR V don special equipment that allows them not only to direct the ac
March rumored for iPad 3 launch

Feb 10, 2012

Apple's iPad 3 will make its debut in the first week of March, sources told AllThingsD.The tech news site reported Wednesday unnamed sources have said the first week of next month has been chosen by Apple for the launch event, probably at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, site of a nu
Apple loses bid to ban German sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N

Feb 9, 2012

Apple Inc., maker of the iPad and iPhone, for the second time failed to win a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy 10.1N from a German court.The Dusseldorf Regional Court rejected the bid today in a case where Apple invoked a European design right. Apple last week lost a similar attempt
Mobile carriers raise investment 20% in 2011

Feb 9, 2012

South Korean mobile carriers’ investment rose 20 percent in 2011 from a year earlier mainly on increased spending to build high-speed long-term evolution networks, the telecommunications watchdog said Thursday.The three mobile carriers including top player SK Telecom Co. spent 7.67 trillion won ($6.86 billion) on investment in 2011, compared with 6.4 trillion won a year earlier, according to the Korea Communications Commission.The watchdog said that local mobile carriers spent more money last ye
Google may open retail store at European headquarters in Dublin

Feb 9, 2012

Google Inc. (GOOG) may open its first stand- alone retail store at its European headquarters in Dublin, according to a filing by the world’s most popular search engine. Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York. (
3D printer creates new jaw for woman

Feb 7, 2012

A Belgian woman is able to chew, speak and breathe normally after the implantation of a new jawbone created on a 3D printer, doctors say.The replacement jaw, created out of a fine titanium powder sculpted layer by layer by a precision laser beam, has proved a successful substitute for her own jaw al
KT Q4 net rises 12.5% on one-off factor

Feb 6, 2012

Korea’s telecom titan KT Corp. said Monday that its fourth-quarter net profit rose 12.5 percent from a year earlier due to a one-off factor.Net income came to 210.6 billion won ($188.9 million) in the October-December period of last year, compared with 187.1 billion won a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing.Sales jumped 24.7 percent on-year to 6.4 trillion won over the same period, while its operating profit dropped 16.7 percent to 287.6 billion won in the final quarter of last yea
LGE tops U.S. drum washer market

Feb 5, 2012

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s leading consumer electronics maker, remained the top seller of drum washing machines in the U.S. market for the fifth straight year in 2011, a market researcher said Sunday.LG Electronics dominated the U.S. drum washer market last year in terms of sales, number of products sold and market share, according to Stevenson Company.By sales, LG Electronics claimed a 20.7 percent share of the U.S. drum washer market, outstripping Samsung Electronics Co.’s 17.4 percent