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Apple files design suit against Samsung phones in Germany

Jan 18, 2012

Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II, extending the global legal dispute between the two companies. The action targeting 10 smartphone models was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple’s design rights, court spokesman Peter Schuetz said by phone Tuesday. Apple also s...
Robust growth expected for IT giants

Jan 18, 2012

Analysts paint rosy outlook for Samsung, LG, SKT, KT, NHN Korea’s information technology firms are expected to either see robust growth or get back on track in 2012. They will continue to take a leading position in the industry by rolling out new and innovative premium electronic goods like smartphones and 3-D capable smart televisions, while local mobile carriers will move to quickly adapt to ...
Apple files design suit in Germany seeking to ban 10 Samsung smartphones

Jan 18, 2012

(Bloomberg) Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone models, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II. The suit targeting 10 smartphones was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple design rights Apple in Europe, court spokesman Peter Schuetz said via phone today. Apple also started a separate suit against five Sa...
Cable operators stop airing KBS2 TV

Jan 16, 2012

Cable TV operators stopped airing programs by KBS 2TV nationwide at 3 p.m. on Monday as they failed to reach an agreement on retransmission fees with the nation’s three terrestrial broadcasters MBC, KBS and SBS. (Yonhap News) An emergency council of some 94 cable stations originally threatened to halt broadcasts of all terrestrial channels since Friday. With related talks still underway, they f...
Apple to ready IPad 3 with sharper screen, LTE access

Jan 15, 2012

Apple Inc.’s next iPad, expected to go on sale in March, will sport a high-definition screen, run a faster processor and work with next-generation wireless networks, according to three people familiar with the product. The company’s manufacturing partners in Asia started ramping up production of the iPad 3 this month and plan to reach full volumes by February, said one of the people, who asked n...
Samsung, LG flex muscles with high technologies

Jan 13, 2012

Samsung Electronics TV chief Yoon Boo-keun (right) poses with the Wonder Girls, who visited the company’s booth at the CES on Thursday. (JYP Entertainment) LAS VEGAS ― The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show showcased a wide array of gadgets over four days here from 3-D and smart televisions to tablet PCs and ultrabooks to the new Organic Light-Emitting Diodes TV. The event, organized ...
Samsung, LG flex muscles with high technologies

Jan 13, 2012

CES ends after featuring thousands of OLED and 3-D smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, ultrabooks LAS VEGAS -- The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show showcased a wide array of gadgets over four days here from 3-D and smart televisions to tablet PCs and ultrabooks to the new Organic Light-Emitting Diodes TV. The event, organized by U.S.-based Consumer Electronics Association, was joined b...
Samsung eyes 15% growth in TV sales this year

Jan 12, 2012

(Yonhap News) Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's tech behemoth, said Thursday it aims to increase its sales of televisions by around 15 percent this year by boosting its entire lineup of TVs. Yoon Boo-keun, president of Samsung's TV business, was quoted as saying at a consumer electronics show in the United States that his company will seek to cement its status as the world's largest TV mak...
Tablets, ultrabooks hot items at CES

Jan 11, 2012

LAS VEGAS ― The chief of the Consumer Electronics Association said Wednesday that tablet PCs are becoming a tremendously competitive field in the industry, since the device has turned into an office item for many firms. “Tablets are transformational products and something that has developed really quickly,” said Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of CEA, a U.S. trade association that ha...
Samsung Electronics’ 2011 sales rank first in world

Jan 10, 2012

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and No. 2 handset maker, posted the largest revenue among global tech firms last year on the back of strong sales of smartphones, a financial information provider said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics’ 2011 sales reached $148.6 billion when its yearly revenue was converted into the dollar, according to data compiled by FnGuide Inc. ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook could top pay list in 2011

Jan 10, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Tim Cook could well end up being the highest paid CEO in America in 2011, after Apple Inc. granted him a million restricted stock units last August for taking the reins shortly before cofounder Steve Jobs died. An Associated Press review of a securities filing shows Cook's pay package was valued at $378 million. The vast majority came in a grant of a million restricted stock u...
Samsung Electronics sweeps Russian mobile handset market

Jan 9, 2012

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest handset maker, swept the Russian mobile phone market, ranking first in four categories in November last year, a research firm said Monday. Samsung Electronics took first place in the Russian mobile phone market in terms of units sold and their value in November, while its smartphones were named best products for both s...
Samsung plans NAND flash plant in China

Jan 4, 2012

Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest chipmaker, is seeking to build a new plant in China to produce high-tech NAND flash memory chips, the Seoul government said Wednesday. The move that could lead to technology leaks was filed by Samsung on Dec. 6 and was approved Wednesday by a government committee on industrial technology security, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy...
Downturn in DRAM prices comes to a halt

Jan 4, 2012

Prices of dynamic random access memory chips paused their falling trend in December on the back of seasonal demand, snapping a long losing streak, industry data showed Wednesday. According to DRAMeXchange Technology Inc., the average price of the benchmark DDR3 2 gigabit, 256Mx8 1333 megahertz device was set at US$0.88 in the second half of last month, unchanged from two weeks ago. The Taiwan-b...
Korean panel makers to outperform peers

Jan 4, 2012

LG Electronics’ 55-inch OLED model is 4 millimeters thick, and weighs 7.5 kilograms, according to the company. It will also feature 3-D functions and Web-based services. (Yonhap News) HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― South Korean panel makers will likely outperform their foreign peers in 2012 because of higher profit margins, J.P. Morgan Securities said Wednesday. Amid a prolonged downturn in demand f...