2일 삼성전자에 따르면 그 동안 베일에 가려져 있었던 삼성의 스마트시계의 이름은 “기어(Gear)” 라고 밝혀졌다마치 시계의 톱니 바퀴 부품들을 연상시키는 의미를 가진 “기어”라는 단어를 차용한 것으로 해석된다. 코리아헤럴드 취재 결과, 삼성전자는 한국에서 6월 21일 상표 특허 출원을 했고, 미국에서는 약 일 주일 뒤인 6월 27일에 특허 출원을 한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 한국에서의 특허 출원 번호는 “40-2013-0041142” 이며 미국에서의 특허 출원 번호는 “85971385”이다. 통상적으로 특허 시장에서 특허출원을 하고 상표 등록을 끝마치면 상표명을 바꾸지 않기 때문에 이변이 없는 한 삼성의 스마트시계의 상품 명은 “기어”가 될 가능성이 높다는 것이 특허 계의 설명이다. 특허 등록 기간은 출원 후 약 6~8 개월, 길게는 10개월이 소요 된다. 특허 공고가 나고 한 달의 이의 신청을 거친 후 최종 등록이 되는 것이다. 내년 6월 정도 최종 등록이 될 것이라는 전망이 나오고 있

 Personal information from roughly 100,000 people was leaked in a recent hacking attack on the presidential office, a presidential official said Sunday, in the first confirmed data leakage involving the top South Korean office.   The official said the compromised information includes names, birth dates, identification numbers and offline addresses and Internet Protocol addresses, which are the online equivalent of street addresses or phone numbers.   Still, users' passwords and their registratio

The U.S. envoy on the North Korean nuclear program will visit South Korea next week as part of his Asian tour, a diplomatic source here said Thursday, as the leaders of Seoul and Washington vowed no concessions to Pyongyang after months of simmering tensions.U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies plans to arrive in Seoul on May 13 for a three-day stay as part of his trip to Asia which also includes China and Japan, the source said, requesting anonymity.During the visit, D

Korean construction companies are likely to be hurt by lower-priced deals they clinched in the Middle East in recent years, analysts said.The builders bagged a combined $112.5 billion worth orders in the Middle East between 2009 and 2011, according to data compiled by the International Contractors Association of Korea and financial companies.The move came as the builders sought to win orders in overseas markets following the 2008 global financial crisis that dealt a heavy blow to the local const

Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project "Tyrant," but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television."'Tyrant' is Middle East intrigue. The subject matter is touchy and pretty scary. I like scary, to scare myself... I am very excited about this project," Lee told a press conference."I am still choosing my next (film) project and developing the next one. Of course movie is my first love," he said,

Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism unit conducted several bloody operations to root out suspected Islamic militants, killing seven and arresting 13 others, police said Thursday as they continued to investigate an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy.Investigators said the suspected militants robbed banks and committed other thefts to fund terrorism. Police were trying to determine whether any of the groups raided Wednesday and Thursday were connected to last week's alleged plot to retaliate ag

Sony is back in the black for its fiscal fourth quarter, recording a 93.9 billion yen ($948 million) profit, with big help from a weaker yen that boosts overseas earnings. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company also dragged itself back to profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, following four straight years of red ink. It reported Thursday annual earnings of 43 billion yen, a reversal from a loss of 457 billion yen the previous year -- the worst in the company's nearly seven-decad

Gold fell after the biggest advance in almost two weeks as SPDR Gold Trust holdings extended the longest streak of declines and other commodities dropped after China’s producer prices retreated more than forecast.Holdings in the world’s largest exchange-traded fund fell 0.6 percent to 1,051.47 metric tons yesterday, the 22nd day of declines and the lowest since March 2009, according to figures on the company’s website. Bullion climbed 1.5 percent yesterday, the most since April 25, on signs of i

국가정보원 직원의 선거개입 의혹을 수사해온 경찰이 해당 직원들을 기소의견으로 검찰에 송치했다.서울 수서경찰서는 18일 수사결과를 발표하면서 국정원 직원 김모(29), 이모(39)씨, 일반인 이모(39)씨에 대해 국가정보원법 위반 (정치 참여) 혐의로 기소의견으로 검찰에 송치했다고 밝혔다. 사실상 국정원 직원의 정치 개입이 이루어졌다고 판단한 것이다. 이에 따라 서울중앙지검은 이 사건과 관련해 윤석열 현 특수1부장을 팀장으로 하는 특별수사팀을 구성해 본격 수사에 착수했다.경찰은 같은 혐의를 받고 있지만 국정원 심리정보국장 A씨에 대해서는 기소중지 의견으로 검찰에 송치했다고 말했다.다만 경찰은 이들에 대한 공직선거법 위반 혐의에 대해서는 인정하기 어렵다며 불기소 의견으로 검찰에 송치했다.경찰 관계자는 “공직선거법 공소시효(6월19일)가 임박하고 사안이 중대해 현재까지 확인된 혐의에 대해서만 송치했다”며 “향후 검찰과의 합동 수사를 통해 공동으로 최종 수사결과를 발표하겠다”고 말했다.국정

(Yonhap) -- South Korea faced a nerve-wracking several months in 1977 after the administration of then-U.S. president Jimmy Carter held up arms sales to foreign countries worth about US$6 billion, Seoul's declassified diplomatic documents showed Sunday.   The documents revealed that South Korean officials were worried about the months-long arms sales moratorium by Carter, who had at that time contemplated withdrawing ground combat troops from South Korea.   Carter's sudden decision to withdraw U

(Yonhap) -- North Korea trained Iranian soldiers to blow up Iraqi tanks in 1982 with a motorcycle carrying a liquefied natural gas (LPG) cylinder, Seoul's declassified diplomatic documents showed Sunday.   Military cooperation between North Korea and Iran started after a bitter eight-year war broke out in 1980 when Iraq invaded Iran, but the documents revealed details on how Pyongyang offered Tehran lethal assistance and equipment at the time.   The documents, written by the South Korean embassy

(Yonhap) -- A South Korean Army deserter who smuggled himself into Japan in 1969 with the aim of defecting to North Korea sparked a diplomatic row between Seoul and Tokyo over his repatriation, declassified diplomatic documents showed Sunday.   Army Pfc. Chung Hoon-sang, then 26 years old, decamped from active service in South Korea and stowed away on a cargo ship to the port of Kobe on Aug. 7, 1969, but was caught by Japanese authorities.   During an interrogation, Chung appealed to the Japanes

   (AFP) -- Pope Francis prayed for a "political solution" in Syria and for "reconciliation" on the Korean peninsula in his first Easter Sunday message in front of a crowd in St Peter's Square.   Latin America's first pontiff also issued an appeal for hostages held by militants in Nigeria and condemned human trafficking as "the most extensive form of slavery in this 21st century".   The pope delivered his "Urbi et Orbi" blessing to Rome and the world from the same balcony of St Peter's Basilica

  (AP) -- Authorities in Tibet said Sunday that chances were slim that any survivors would be found after a massive mudslide at a gold mine buried 83 workers in piles of earth up to 30 meters deep. Searchers have found 11 bodies and were searching for the remaining missing.   The landslide Friday has spotlighted the extensive mining activities in the mountainous Chinese region of Tibet and sparked questions about whether mining activities have been excessive and destroyed the region's fragile ec