WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amazon said Thursday that it is selling more than one million Kindles a week and the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is its top-selling item."Kindle Fire is the most successful product we've ever launched -- it's the best-selling product across all of Amazon for 11 straight weeks,

KMI and IST fail to pass, clouding outlook over new impetus to wireless sectorThe Korea Communications Commission said on Friday it would not issue wireless carrier licenses to Internet Space Time and its rival Korea Mobile Internet. Both IST and KMI failed to secure 70 points or higher in the screening process, dimming their hopes to become the country’s fourth mobile carrier. Currently, the domestic market is dominated by SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus. The KCC held a judging committee meeting ea

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of flat-screen TVs, said Thursday that it has agreed to collaborate with Intel Corp. to use the U.S. chipmaker’s wireless display technology in smart TVs. The result of their partnership will be introduced in the market during the first quarter of next year, LG Electronics said, in a form of Web-connected TVs that can play content from laptop computers and mobile devices. Intel is seeking to expand the number of hardware partners to adopt its

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday that the number of fourth-generation wireless subscribers has topped 500,000 in about five months. In July, SK Telecom kicked off the long-term evolution network in Seoul, offering faster wireless data than the third-generation network for data-hungry smartphone users. The carrier has since launched 10 new mobile devices compatible with the new high-speed data service. The mobile operator said the growth rate of the 4G service

MENLO PARK, California (AP) _ Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook's “chat” messaging system.The service is the latest to

A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby’s (BID) in New York today, soaring past the presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. The bidding started at $70,000 in a half-empty room attended by about 20 people and almost as many Sotheby’s staffe

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading memory chipmaker, expanded its portion in the global dynamic random access memory market to a record quarterly high in the third quarter, industry data showed Tuesday. The company accounted for 45 percent of global DRAM revenues in the July-September period, IHS iSuppli said, widening its lead over other suppliers despite the memory industry‘s downturn. While third-quarter global DRAM revenues dropped 16 percent from the previous three months, Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of flat-screen TVs and liquid crystal display panels, said Monday that it has maintained its status as the top monitor supplier with a 15.5 percent market share in the third quarter, thanks to strong demand for upper-end products.Citing data released by International Data Corporation, Samsung said its sales of monitors rose more than 10 percent from a year earlier in the July-September period to 6.42 million units.The increase helped the Korean

Male white-collar workers in their 30s with a college degree are the biggest users of online portals’ news services, a report showed on Sunday. According to the report issued by the Korea Press Foundation, male users make up 55.2 percent of news consumers at Korea’s top three portals. The survey, based on users who regularly browse news at Naver, Daum and Nate, showed that those aged 30-39 account for a 26.4 percent share, followed by those in their 40s (23.8 percent), 19-29-year-olds (21.4 perc

South Korea’s gaming industry will likely see its sales reach nearly 18 trillion won ($15.6 billion) by the end of this year, mainly due to an increase in lottery sales, industry data showed Sunday.Sales of six legal gaming sectors including lottery, casino and horse-racing are expected to reach 17.8 trillion won this year, equivalent to more than 1.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, according to the data compiled by the National Gaming Control Commission. The figure would likely

LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest flat-screen TV producer, said on Sunday it received high marks from leading product review magazines in Europe. “What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision,” a leading consumer reviews magazine, gave a five-star rating to the LG Cinema 3D Home Theater in its November issue. The company received positive reviews for its home theater and related gadgets released this year, based on their outstanding design, balanced sound and user-friendly features. Other magazines in th

Korea finalized a roadmap for standardization of technologies for smart grids, electric cars, nuclear energy, the 3D industry, cloud computing, smart media, smart logistics and smart medical information.National standardization coordinators and industrial experts worked together on the roadmap for standardization of the nation’s technologies in eight major areas, unveiled by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy on Thursday.In the electric car are