Google was the most-visited Web destination in the United States in 2011, followed by Facebook and Yahoo!, industry tracker Nielsen said Thursday. Google received an average of 153.4 million unique US visitors a month from home and work computers, according to Nielsen. Facebook notched up 137.6 million unique US visitors a month and Yahoo! 130.1 million. Microsoft's MSN, WindowsLive and Bing w...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest handset maker, said Thursday its global sales of Galaxy Note devices surpassed 1 million in just two months. Samsung said the numbers represent Galaxy Note handsets supplied to mobile operators around the world since the device‘s debut at the end of October. Samsung claimed it created a new type of smart device that combines the strengths of a...

South Korea‘s largest computer anti-virus service provider, AhnLab Inc., said Thursday that it has begun to offer free anti-virus software in China as part of its efforts to expand overseas philanthropy. The China move is the company’s first overseas charity project since the anti-virus software maker announced plans to step up social contributions at home and abroad. The “V3 Lite” anti-virus p...

Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it has agreed to end its joint liquid crystal display venture with Sony Corp. as the global panel industry continues to struggle with a prolonged downturn in TV demand. The Korean firm decided to buy Sony’s entire stake in the joint venture, S-LCD Corp., for 1.08 trillion won ($939.6 million), it said in a statement. The deal is expected to be completed b...

STX OSV Holdings Ltd., a European unit of South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate STX Group, has clinched a 40 billion won ($33.6 million) deal to build a fish feed carrier, the group said Monday. Under the deal with Eidsvaag AS, STX OSV will deliver the vessel by the second quarter of 2013, the company said in a statement. The vessel, 75 meters long and 13.6 meters wide, will be used to deliver...

South Korea will spend $2.61 million in the next four years to help fight foot-and-mouth disease in Southeast Asian countries, a main source of the disease that affects hoofed animals, including cows and pigs, the government said Monday. Under a joint prevention program with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the money will help set up disease prevention and control systems in...