Samsung attempts chip technology jump
Samsung Electronics’ souring relationship with Apple ― a friend in parts and foe in finished products ― appears to be causing the former to renew its urgency to advance its chip technology and find new customers. According to industry sources, Samsung is planning to roll out a new range of computer memory chips by the […]
Hyosung accuses LSIS of tech theft
Hyosung Corporation accused LSIS, the biggest manufacturer of power-transmission components in the country, of technology theft prompting authorities to start investigating the firm. Hyosung is seeking massive compensation from LSIS, claiming that the latter stole technology related to power transmission and control, costing it several billions of dollars. LSIS is declining to comment, but is […]
NHN co-founders clash in mobile arena
The two founders of NHN, the company that runs Korea’s most widely used Web portal, Naver, eventually went their separate ways but are now facing off in the rapidly expanding mobile market. Kim Beom-soo and Lee Hae-jin, who were CEOs of Han Games and Naver, respectively in 1999, merged their firms in 2000. The two […]
Samsung’s mobile messengers struggling
A foray by Samsung Electronics into the mobile messenger market seems unsuccessful despite attempts by the firm to promote its self-developed ChatOn. The electronics giant has been trying to use its superiority in smartphones to boost recognition of its messenger by providing it preinstalled in its handsets. Despite stellar sales of 15 million for the […]
Why isn’t US court calling key witness in Samsung-Apple trial?
A trial on a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple is under way in the American tech giant’s home court of California. By some indications, Apple is using this advantage a tad too much with a former employee and possible hostile witness being unavailable. Shin Nishibori, a former Apple designer, may hold the key […]
Increase rate of major Korean export items to China on declining
Korea has mixed feelings in retrospect of exports toward China in the last 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two nations. The product that has made the biggest contribution for Korean export business toward China, was flat display. According to a report, titled “Export trend of major Korean products toward China”, released by Kotra […]
GalaxyS3 certified being environment-friendly in China
‘GalaxyS3’ was recognized as the first environment-friendly cellular phone from the Government of China. Samsung Electronics said “GaluxyS3 acquired RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) certification by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China.” It is the first time among the cellular phones being marketed in the world to get RoHS certification in China. Samsung cellular phones which acquired […]
HTC packs to leave
Taiwanese firm is latest IT firm to fold Korean biz Taiwan-based handset manufacturer HTC said Monday that it will withdraw from the Korean market after repeated failures to make a noticeable dent here. The news come amid hard times for HTC, which announced last week that it posted $246 million in net profits for the […]
Nuclear reactor shut downs at Younggwang Plant
A nuclear reactor here stopped automatically Monday, after its protection system gave out warning signals. According to an official of the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, reactor-6 at the Younggwang Plant in South Jeolla Province was shutdown at 2:57 p.m. The official said that a control stick malfunctioned and fell into the reactor following […]
LG Uplus critical about Kakao’s free voice services
It was just months ago when LG Uplus CEO Lee Sang-chul called for mobile-phone carriers to embrace the free voice calls pushed by Kakao Talk, an immensely popular smartphone messaging service. Now, Lee sounds less impressed with Kakao’s mobile voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) offerings, criticizing the voice quality and predicting that the popularity of […]
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