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Apple preparing faster iPhone for September

Jun 22, 2011

Apple Inc. plans to introduce a new iPhone in September that boasts a stronger chip for processing data and a more advanced camera, according to two people familiar with the plans. The device will...
Chinese billionaire confesses affair through online message

Jun 22, 2011

A Chinese billionaire, Wang Gongquan, announced that he is eloping with his mistress, on Chinese Social Networking Service Sino Weibo. The renowned investor’s online message to dump his wife to leave...
SK firm opens online site on scholarships

Jun 21, 2011

SK Communications said Tuesday it has launched a website that provides scholarship information involving 63 scholarship foundations and 110 different academic funding programs. The country’s online ...
Prepaid mobile service to debut in S. Korea next month

Jun 19, 2011

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Eyesvision Co., a new entrant to the South Korean mobile phone market, said Sunday that it plans to launch prepaid wireless service through a leased network in the country ...
Games company Sega becomes latest hacking victim

Jun 19, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ Video game developer Sega said that its online database has been hacked, making it the latest in a string of games companies to be attacked. The company sent an email to users of the S...
Facebook users more trusting, engaged

Jun 17, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook, it turns out, isn't just a waste of time. People who use it have more close friends, get more social support and report being more politically engaged than those who don't,...
Google introduces measures for disabled Web users

Jun 14, 2011

Google Korea introduced in Seoul on Tuesday the company’s efforts to make the Web accessible to everyone. “The work we do on accessibility is to make the information accessible to everyone ― seniors...
GNP still divided over TV ad sales bill

Jun 14, 2011

Failure of bill passage would likely damage smaller broadcasters: experts Attention is being paid to the parliamentary passage of the controversial advertising broker bill as the National Assembly c...
Disgruntled iMac users may seek class action

Jun 14, 2011

An alleged defect occurring in Apple Inc.’s iMac computers appears likely to lead to a class suit against the IT giant. According to industry sources, Apple Inc.’s iMac computers can develop blots o...
SK Telecom unsavvy operator in overseas markets

Jun 12, 2011

Unsuccessful ventures eat into No.1 mobile carrier’s value SK Telecom, the nation’s No.1 wireless service provider, has proved to be far from savvy when it comes to overseas ventures. After unsuc...
Apple eases rules on iPad, iPhone subscriptions

Jun 10, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple has eased the subscription policies for its hot-selling iPad and iPhone in a move that should help newspaper and magazine publishers make more money from mobile devices. ...
Hackers steal Citibank card data

Jun 10, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -– About 200,000 Citibank credit card customers in North America have had their names, account numbers and email addresses stolen by hackers who broke into Citi's online account site. ...
Woman gets 152 Facebook friends tattooed

Jun 10, 2011

A woman from the Netherlands has engraved 152 of her online friends on her arm. While some criticize that friendships within the world-famous social network are just temporary, the woman proved that...
Computer tech installed peeping software

Jun 9, 2011

FULLERTON, California (AP) -- A U.S. computer repairman suspected of installing spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes w...
Apple CEO pitches expansion to Calif. city council

Jun 9, 2011

CUPERTINO, California (AP) -- Its ubiquitous products have already invaded the tech marketplace, and now Apple Inc. is seeking a fitting new Northern California home: a massive spaceship-like structu...