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Apple criticized for approving “gay conversion” app

Mar 24, 2011

Apple has been fiercely criticized for approving the “gay conversion” application which offers guidance on how a homosexual can convert to heterosexuality. The “gay cure” application, which can be u...
Samsung mass produces denser, slimmer mobile chips

Mar 24, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chipmaker, said Thursday that it has begun mass production of a new type of mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that packs denser memory in a sl...
Survey shows Internet-savvy S. Koreans spend more time online

Mar 23, 2011

South Koreans now spend more time online and on mobile phones than five years ago, a survey said Wednesday, the latest sign that the Internet has become a daily necessity for many people in one of th...
Apple to roll out iPad 2 in S. Korea next month

Mar 23, 2011

Apple Inc. said Wednesday that it will roll out the iPad 2 tablet computer in South Korea next month amid worries that high U.S. demand and component shortage may delay overseas shipments. Apple wil...
Five years old, Twitter changing the world

Mar 15, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― At five years old, Twitter is just starting to change the world. Jack Dorsey fired off the first tweets on March 21, 2006, an automated “just setting up my twttr” message which...
Next 3-D war to be about content

Mar 15, 2011

Developing content will be key to success of new television sets What’s the use of having a high-fangled 3D TV or a smart TV if there is nothing to watch? This is a question that 30-year-old bride-...
Online sites top newspapers for Americans: report

Mar 15, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - More Americans are getting their news from the Internet than from print newspapers for the first time as audience figures for cable news programs fall, according to a report releas...
Supportive messages flood Web after Japan earthquake

Mar 13, 2011

Reports of Japan's devastation by a strong earthquake sent many South Koreans online to deliver messages of goodwill, condolences and offers of aid for a third day on Sunday. An urban area devastate...
iPads in cockpits may hasten end of era for paper charts

Mar 8, 2011

Apple Inc.’s iPad won approval from U.S. regulators to display navigational charts for some charter pilots, a step that may speed the end of the decades-old tradition of paper maps in the cockpit. W...
Social commerce set for major showdown

Mar 8, 2011

Global giant Groupon joins Korea’s growing social commerce market A major showdown is expected in Korea’s social commerce market with the introduction of global giant Groupon next week. The U.S.-ba...
Korea seeks LED, vertical farming synergy

Mar 7, 2011

Korea has been bolstering the vertical farming industry since 2009 as a future growth engine and a measure to stabilize food supplies. The country is a latecomer to the scene but is pinning high hop...
Technology breathes new life into farming

Mar 7, 2011

Cities produce crops as Korea looks for green ways to boost food output A farm in Yongin on the outskirts of Seoul is ripe with salad greens. But rows of lollo and romaine lettuces are not sprouting...
Web sites of Cheong Wa Dae, gov't agencies attacked

Mar 4, 2011

The Web sites of South Korea's presidential office, government agencies and financial institutions came under a cyber attack on Friday, industry sources said. The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, ...
(URGENT) Web sites of Cheong Wa Dae, 40 agencies come under DDoS

Mar 4, 2011

(URGENT) Web sites of Cheong Wa Dae, 40 agencies come under DDoS
S. Korea OKs commercial operation of 21st nuclear reactor

Mar 2, 2011

South Korea's science and technology ministry said Wednesday that it has authorized the commercial operation of the country's 21st reactor after conducting detailed safety tests. The ministry said c...