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May 22, 2013
- Microsoft’s Surface tablet finally arrives in ...
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Microsoft Korea launched its Surface tablet PC here yesterday, months behind other markets around the globe. The 10.6-inch Surface, which combines elements of a PC and a tablet, is expected to compete against the Samsung Electronics ATIV Smart PC and comes in two models depending on operating ...
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May 22, 2013
- Yahoo buying Tumblr wins analyst approval
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Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously. Mayer faces plenty of challenges in her efforts to turn six-year-old Tumblr into a ...
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May 22, 2013
- KT’s World IT Show offers window to the future
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As the World IT Show 2013 began yesterday, KT joined some 442 companies from across the world in presenting its latest technology. For the company, this year’s main themes are environmental preservation and mutual development as innovative means of sustainable growth. First launched in 2008,...
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May 20, 2013
- New Xbox is launched after 8 years
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Microsoft is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayS...
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May 16, 2013
- Koreans doing more of their banking on the fly
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Mrs. Kim, a 34-year old stay-at-home mom, spends her entire day fiddling with her smartphones while an iMac computer bought just last year sits in the other room collecting dust. The mother communicate with friends and family through the free mobile messenger app Kakao Talk, uploads pictures o...
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May 16, 2013
- Apple wants to add Galaxy S4 to U.S. lawsuit
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Apple told a U.S. judge it will seek permission to add Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S4 smartphone to a list of 22 “accused products” Apple alleges infringes its patents. The disclosure came in a footnote to a filing on Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose, California, res...
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May 15, 2013
- Near-dead Sharp logs its first profit in 3 years
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Sharp forecast its first annual profit in three years as Japan’s largest maker of liquid-crystal displays expects orders to recover after signing a deal with Samsung Electronics. Net income may be 5 billion yen ($49 million) in the year started April 1 compared with a loss of 545 billion yen a...
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May 15, 2013
- Ministry mobilizes against costly phone fees
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The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has come up with its first major policy: reducing mobile fees for Korean households. “If the policies are administered as planned, the mobile telecommunication market will switch its focus from exhaustive subsidy competition to service and fee ...
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May 15, 2013
- KT’s early morning broadside ignites fracas ov...
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Slightly more than a month before the nation’s top telecom watchdog decides how to auction the crucial new 1.8 gigahertz (GHz) frequency for the most advanced fourth-generation long-term evolution (LTE) network, the nation’s three mobile carriers yesterday embarked on a fierce battle to denou...
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May 10, 2013
- Tech guru likes Samsung’s position
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Walter Mossberg, one of the most influential technology journalists, has handpicked Samsung Electronics as a winner when it comes to the ongoing mobile platform battle among Google, Apple, Microsoft and the Korean tech bellwether. Samsung is turning enormous profits at the same time that it is...
