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'Angry Birds' find a cousin in ancient China

Apr 29, 2011

This combined photo shows the Chinese antique "Xiao You" (L) and "Angry Bird". (chinadaily.com.cn) For long, celebrity personators have been a favorite on TV. Such over-night fame now enters the Web...
2-year-old prodigy learns everything from iPhone

Apr 28, 2011

A 2-year-old reportedly memorized massive amount of information from his parents’ iPhone, including all the 44 U.S. presidents in order. Rockford Ramierz from California is able to name all American...
Korean mobile carriers to release Apple's iPad 2 this week

Apr 28, 2011

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp., the two largest mobile carriers in South Korea, said Thursday that they will launch the iPad 2, Apple Inc.'s latest version of its tablet computer, this week in the local...
Apple denies iPhones store user location

Apr 27, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc. denied Wednesday that iPhones store a record of their users' movements for up to a year and blamed privacy concerns partly on a misunderstanding. A data file publicized b...
Sony PlayStation suffers massive data breach

Apr 27, 2011
KT creates wireless broadband zone in Jeju

Apr 26, 2011

JEJU -- KT Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed a nationwide wireless broadband network by installing the service on Jeju Island. The country’s biggest fixed-line operator also signed an agreeme...
Sony to unveil two tablet computers

Apr 26, 2011

Sony Corp. introduced its first tablet computers, joining Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. in their pursuit of Apple Inc., a year after the iPad spurred a surge in demand f...
Jobs denies tracking location rumors: reports

Apr 26, 2011

Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Yonhap News) Apple’s founder Steve Jobs reportedly sent an e-mail to a customer that iPhones and iPads are not being used to track users, according to a U.S. website on Monday....
S. Korea, China bust phone scam ring targeting S. Korea

Apr 24, 2011

Chinese prosecutors have arrested 23 suspects over phone fraud on South Koreans, Seoul's prosecutors said Sunday, the first bust on a scam ring after the two neighboring countries agreed to thwart vo...
3D porn film beats Avatar at Hong Kong box office

Apr 22, 2011

HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong movie billed as the world's first 3D porn film has broken the city's first-day box office record previously set by Hollywood blockbuster Avatar. "3-D Sex and Zen: Extre...
Samsung Electronics sues Apple over patents

Apr 22, 2011

A Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab is displayed at its a showroom of the headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Apple Inc. has sued Samsung Electronics Co., saying the South Kore...
3-D erotic comedy shakes up Hong Kong box office

Apr 21, 2011

HONG KONG (AP) -- A pioneering 3-D erotic comedy has taken the Hong Kong box office by storm, beating the first-day record set by ``Avatar'' and drawing viewers from mainland China as it eyes a globa...
8 out of 10 Internet surfers using SNS: Nielsen

Apr 21, 2011

Eight out of 10 Internet users are using or have used at least one social network service, according to the survey conducted by Nielsen Company Korea. The survey was conducted on 1,000 Internet user...
KT introduces new mobile financial service

Apr 21, 2011

KT, a major telecom operator here, launched on Wednesday a prepaid financial service named “Mobile Money” that will be linked with accounts of Industrial Bank of Korea. The service is designed for s...
Twitter could be bad for romance: study

Apr 20, 2011

(MCT) Twitter users tend to have shorter relationships, an online survey showed. Time Online on Tuesday reported the survey of more than 830,000 people on how they feel about sex. The survey, by ...