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Recharge your phone with a quick stroll

Aug 25, 2011

Soon, small portable devices such as cell phones and MP3 playerss could be charged just by having a quick walk. Tom Krupenkin and Ashley Taylor, mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, are currently working on special shoes called “Instep Nanopower,” that could produce up to
Samsung jumps on court ruling, Jobs resignation

Aug 25, 2011

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest smartphone maker, jumped on Thursday after a court ruling in the Netherlands and news that Steve Jobs, the chief executive officer of Apple Inc., had resigned.Shares of Samsung Electronics were trading at 733,000 won ($675.4) on the Seoul
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO and creative force, resigns

Aug 25, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Steve Jobs, the mind behind the iPhone, iPad and other devices that turned Apple Inc. into one of the world's most powerful companies, resigned as CEO on Wednesday, saying he can no longer handle the job but will continue to play a leadership role.In this March 2, 2011 file pho
Samsung banned from selling some smartphones in Netherlands

Aug 24, 2011

BRUSSELS (Yonhap News) -- A Dutch court on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction against the sale of smartphones by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. in the Netherlands in a patent dispute raised by U.S. electronics manufacturer Apple Inc.The injunction, issued by a district court in the Hag
Report says Sprint to get iPhone in October

Aug 24, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest cellphone company, will start selling the iPhone in mid-October, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday.Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said the wireless company will get to sell both the new iPhone 5
Epson Korea says 35 million customers' data hacked

Aug 20, 2011

Epson Korea Co., the South Korean unit of Japan's Seiko Epson Corp., said Saturday that its Web site has been hacked, causing the private information of 35 million users to be leaked."We have discovered through an internal investigation that the customers' data were leaked. We apologize for causing
Apple planning early 2012 launch for new iPad: WSJ

Aug 20, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) - Apple plans to begin trial production of a next generation iPad in October with an eye to an early 2012 launch, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the situation," said Apple is working with component suppliers and its assembler in Asi
IBM pursues chips that behave like brains

Aug 19, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to be
Scam fears for SNS dating

Aug 16, 2011

Some abuse dating websites as more singles flock online to find loveA 34-year-old company secretary recently kicked up a ruckus when she posted a question on a website where women chat about their love lives. The woman, who used an alias to tell of her predicament, said she had met a guy a few month
Youngsters growing tired of social media

Aug 16, 2011

Youngsters are growing tired of social networking services including Facebook, You Tube and Twitter, according to a survey. In research conducted by marketing company Gartner, the frequency of total visits to those websites is ever-decreasing, while one out of four users between 18 and 29 said the o
Newspaper attempts to lead with iPhone, iPad apps

Aug 14, 2011

The global news media industry is faced with a make-or-break upheaval that revolves around the shift in focus toward online and mobile platforms. Over the past couple of years, newspaper companies around the world have lost their readers to online and mobile rivals.The past year was a remarkable one
Innovation implemented for better content and design

Aug 14, 2011

In the past six decades, The Korea Herald has established itself as the largest English-newspaper in Korea. It has now more than 50 percent of the nation’s market share, and has readers from around the world. In May this year, the paper took a major step forward to upgrade content for its paper
Korea’s foremost English daily dedicated to core mission

Aug 14, 2011

The Korea Herald marks its 58th anniversary on Monday. Over nearly six decades, the country’s biggest English-language newspaper has taken steps to provide accurate and reliable news and analysis to the readers.The Korea Herald started as The Korean Republic, a humble four-page tabloid, on Aug. 15,
Samsung, Hynix confront plunging chip prices

Aug 12, 2011

Lee Kun-hee speculated to focus on faltering memory spot businessSamsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest memory chip maker, and eighth-ranked Hynix Semiconductor Inc. are bracing for a steeper price plunge in memory chip prices. Nomura Securities issued a report Friday that the majority of chip
Apple wins order against Samsung tablet in EU

Aug 10, 2011

Apple Inc. said it won a temporary order that prevents Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from distributing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the European Union, except the Netherlands. (Bloomberg)Apple Inc. said it won a temporary order that prevents Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from distributing th