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Samsung seeks to void iPad design rights in Europe

Oct 5, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has asked a European Union (EU) agency to invalidate the iPad's design rights in Europe, as the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker seeks to resume sales of its tablet computers in the pivotal market. Samsung filed an application with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) on Aug. 9 to nullify Apple Inc.'s ...
LG to release 4G smartphone in S. Korea

Oct 4, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., the beleaguered world's No. 3 mobile-phone maker, said Tuesday that it will launch in South Korea a fourth-generation (4G) smartphone that will run on a faster network. The company will roll out this week the Optimus LTE smartphone through the leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and the smallest operator LG Uplus Corp., it said. The Optimus LTE is LG's s...
Samsung Electronics may post 3.5 trillion won in profit for Q3

Sept 30, 2011

Samsung Electronics, Asia’s largest technology company, pulled off record earnings last year, but its revenue and operating income for 2011 might underperform heightened expectations, analysts said on Friday. Samsung posted an operating profit of 17.3 trillion won ($14.7 billion) on revenue of 154.6 trillion won, helped by strong demand for its computer memory chips. This year, however, signs ar...
China tells police to use social media

Sept 29, 2011

China has ordered police nationwide to make more use of social networking sites to ensure greater openness and "dispel misunderstandings", the state Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. Huang Ming, vice-minister of public security, delivered the message at a conference on Monday aimed at helping law enforcement officials to use China's hugely popular microblogs -- sites similar to Twitter -- the rep...
Amazon unveils $199 Kindle Fire tablet

Sept 29, 2011

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday showed off the Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet computer, challenging Apple's iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, multipurpose devices. Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle Fire at a news conference Wednesday in New York. The e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multicolor touchscreen. (AP) Bezos also ...
Samsung, Microsoft expand smartphone partnership

Sept 28, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license each other's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties for the mobile phones and tablets Samsung sells that run the Android operating system. Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that they also will work together to develop and market Microsoft's Windows Phone software. The deal, which...
Samsung hints at all-out war against new iPhone

Sept 28, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. will seek a global sales ban on the upcoming iPhone as part of an all-out war against Apple Inc., a high-ranking company official said Wednesday, signaling a shift in its position on the deepening legal row. Samsung, which is embroiled in some 20 patent lawsuits with Apple around the world, will likely throw down the gauntlet over the new iPhone that Apple is expected to ...
SK Telecom to offer 7 phones for 4G service

Sept 28, 2011

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile operator, said Wednesday that it will offer seven smartphones and one tablet PC that use its fourth-generation network this year, to meet surging demand for video and other data-guzzling services. By December, SK Telecom aims to lure 500,000 subscribers for its new 4G service based on the long-term evolution technology, it said in a statement. The co...
Apple sends out invite for iPhone event

Sept 28, 2011

A customer looks at the specifications for the Apple Inc. iPhone 4 using an iPad tablet during the opening of the company's new store in Le Chesnay, near Paris, France, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (Bloomberg) NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple is inviting journalists to its Cupertino, California, headquarters next week for an iPhone-related event on Oct. 4. The invitation Apple Inc. sent on Tuesday does n...
Amazon expected to unveil tablet at mystery event

Sept 27, 2011

WASHINGTON, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) -- With nearly 30 million iPads sold, Apple is the undisputed tablet computer champion. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard, South Korea's Samsung and scores of other companies with devices powered by Google's Android software have all taken swings at the iPad and missed. A contender may finally be here. Amazon, maker of the Ki...
Samsung seeks iPhone, iPad sale ban in Dutch court

Sept 26, 2011

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Samsung asked a Dutch court Monday to slap an injunction on Apple Inc. to prevent it from selling iPhones and iPad tablets in the Netherlands, saying Apple does not have licenses to use 3G mobile technology in the devices. The legal battle is the latest round in a series of claims and counterclaims of patent breaches by the rival technology heavyweights playing out...
Samsung unveils 2 4G smartphones in Korea

Sept 26, 2011

Samsung unveils 2 4G smartphones in Korea Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest mobile-phone maker, released two new smartphones here on Monday as global mobile operators move to faster fourth-generation (4G) networks. Samsung is confident that sales of the two new Galaxy handsets compatible with long-term evolution (LTE) technology will exceed shipments of its previous smartphone...
Facebook looks to extend online reach, sharing

Sept 23, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is trying to evolve from an Internet hangout where people swing by to share tidbits, links and photos to a homestead decorated with the memories, dreams and diversions of its 800 million users. In what may be the boldest step yet in the company's seven-year history, Facebook is redesigning its users' profile pages to create what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is a "new wa...
Apple 'to unveil iPhone 5 on October 4'

Sept 22, 2011

Apple plans to unveil its next generation iPhone next month, technology blog AllThingsD said Wednesday. AllThingsD cautioned that Apple could "change its plans anytime," but said the present plan calls for Apple's new chief executive Tim Cook to preside over the launch of the iPhone 5 on October 4. In this Jan. 9, 2007 file phtoo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Co...
‘Stalking’ phone app causes alarm

Sept 19, 2011

Spy software that can be installed in a smartphone to monitor the activities of the phone’s user has sparked controversy and drawn complaints to the company that makes it. The “Karelog” downloadable software application, released on Aug. 30, enables users to see the current whereabouts, phone call logs, remaining battery power and other personal data of a smartphone’s owner on the screen of a pe...