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Watching too much 3-D TV could harm eyes: report

May 26, 2011

Samsung 3-D TV (Yonhap News) Watching too much 3-D TV could harm kids’ eyes, NBC reported, citing Samsung’s warning which states children and teenagers may be more at risk of having vision problems ...
5 pct of youth vulnerable to Internet addiction: study

May 25, 2011

About 5 percent of South Korean youths are vulnerable to Internet addiction, a government study showed Wednesday. According to a joint report on Internet usage of 1.81 million students by the Minist...
KCC may favor new entrants in bandwidth auction

May 24, 2011

The Korea Communications Commission is considering giving priority to new participants in its upcoming bandwidth auction which is scheduled to be held later this year. Oh Nam-seok, director-general ...
Online game industry looks overseas

May 24, 2011

Localization in foreign markets remains biggest challenge for global expansion Korea’s online game industry is increasing efforts to dive into overseas markets in a bid to seize bigger business oppo...
Taiwan's HTC to debut new smartphone in S. Korea

May 20, 2011

HTC's new smartphone unveiled in Seoul on Friday (Yonhap News) HTC Corp. said Friday it will release its new flagship smartphone in South Korea next week, hoping that the phone's movie streaming fea...
NCsoft’s profit falls in Q1 on falling popularity of AION

May 17, 2011

NCsoft Corp., the country’s second-biggest online game publisher, said Tuesday it posted 155.4 billion won ($142.23 million) in sales and 46.1 billion won in operating profit in the first quarter, bo...
Twitter symphony makes noise

May 15, 2011

An undergraduate student of Bournemouth University in England has created a “symphony” of Twitter feeds, the Daily Telegraph reported. Music technology student Sam Harman used a computer program to ...
Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco

May 13, 2011

The intense rivalry between Facebook and Google just got juicier. In a twist seemingly out of a Hollywood thriller, Facebook hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly c...
Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15

May 12, 2011

Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome at Google Inc., speaks during a keynote address at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Google Inc....
Google unveils cloud-based music service

May 11, 2011

(Yonhap News) NEW YORK (AP) - Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will likely need deals with the recording industry to reach its full potential. Called ``Music Beta...
Apple brand value overtakes Google for top spot

May 9, 2011

Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, iPad and iMac, overtook search-engine giant Google Inc. to become the world’s most valuable brand, WPP Plc said in a report. Apple’s brand value climbed 84 percent i...
U.N. agency could press N. Korea to stop hacking Seoul: report

May 5, 2011

A United Nations agency responsible for information and communication technologies could urge North Korea to stop its run of cyber attacks on South Korea, a U.S. report said Thursday. In an intervie...
Internet banking use rises 6.3% in Q1

May 3, 2011

The use of Internet banking in South Korea rose 6.3 percent in the first quarter from three months earlier as more people conducted financial transactions online, the central bank said Tuesday. Onli...
Hangeul domain names to debut

May 3, 2011

Registrations for Hangeul domain names accepted from this month amid dou The nation’s top telecommunications regulator announced Tuesday that it will begin accepting registrations for Korean-letter ...
Top 10 science & technology tasks in 2011

May 3, 2011

Korea needs to create opportunities for growth by reinforcing link between research and FTAs This is the 44th in a series of articles introducing the Korean government’s R&D policies. Researchers at...