The Korea Herald

Facebook to organize friends in 'smart lists'

Sept 14, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) _ It's a modern-day dilemma: You really want your Facebook friends to see that wild party photo of you wearing bunny ears. But you're not so keen on explaining it to your mother-in-law....
Samsung files patent complaint against Apple in France

Sept 13, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Monday it had filed a complaint in France against its U.S. rival Apple for infringement of three mobile phone technology patents in its iPhone and...
Samsung Electronics loses key lawsuit against Apple in Germany

Sept 9, 2011

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A German court on Friday turned down a request by Samsung Electronics Co. to nullify Apple Inc.'s injunction granted earlier to ban the sale and marketing of...
Weaker prices dent Korea’s IT exports

Sept 7, 2011

South Korea’s exports of information technology products shrank from a year earlier for the second straight month in August largely on lower global prices, the government said Wednesday. The country...
‘iPhone to overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments’

Sept 7, 2011

U.S. IT giant Apple is set to become the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer by volume, overtaking Nokia for the first time, a report showed on Tuesday. According to DigiTimes, a Taipei-based da...
LCD prices hit record low on oversupply, weak demand

Sept 7, 2011

Prices of liquid crystal display panels, a key export item for South Korea’s technology firms, plunged to all-time lows on oversupply and weak demand, industry data showed Wednesday. The latest data...
iphone 5 would be thinner and wider

Sept 5, 2011

Rumor has it that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be wider, longer, and thinner than its predecessor. Italian blog MacityNet recently posted set of new photos of iPhone cases and claimed that these cases will...
Kakao Talk set to embrace social games

Sept 4, 2011

Kakao Talk, the country’s most popular messenger app for smartphones, is to team up with a game developer in a bid to open up a fresh revenue channel amid heightened industry-wide interest in such me...
Samsung puts new Galaxy Tab on hold as Apple pulls court order

Sept 4, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. is halting promotion of its latest tablet computer in Germany after Apple Inc. won a second injunction blocking Galaxy Tab sales there as one of the world’s largest electronic...
Scientists develop optical film to produce 3D images

Sept 2, 2011

South Korean scientists said Friday that they have developed an optical film that enables ordinary displays to show images in three dimensions (3D). The Seoul National University (SNU) team said the...
Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

Aug 31, 2011

TOKYO (AP) _ Sony is launching a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional theater of music videos, movies and games. Head Mounted Display “Personal 3D Viewer” (HMZ-T1) (www.Sony.net) ...
IFA 2011 to feature new wireless gadgets, 3-D TVs

Aug 30, 2011

Samsung plans to unveil new Bada phones; LG readies smart 3-D TVs with new content Local firms are preparing to showcase a wide range of wireless gadgets as well as 3-D TVs for the global trade show...
Apple wins more delay from Samsung in Australia tablet sale

Aug 29, 2011

Apple Inc. won a further delay in the release of Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest tablet computer in Australia, with the South Korean company agreeing not to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 until the end of...
SK Telecom wins 'golden' spectrum license for 995b won

Aug 29, 2011

SK Telecom acquired the 20-megahertz band of the 1.8 gigahertz range for 995 billion won ($926.67 million) in the country’s first wireless broadband spectrum auction after its rival KT Corp. withdrew...
Facebook shutting down online Deals program

Aug 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Facebook is ending a Deals program launched in April which offered online bargains like Groupon, LivingSocial and other companies. "After testing Deals for four months, we've dec...