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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 by Google,'' the service lets users store their tunes remotely and access them from any compatible device, including mobile phones, tablets and computers. So far, it does not offer music downloads or...
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 in the past year to $153.3 billion, WPP’s Millward Brown unit said. Google’s brand lost 2 percent to $111.5 billion, ending four years atop the rankings, while International Business Machines Corp. cli...
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 interview with Radio Free Asia (RFA), Sanjay Acharya, spokesman for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), said the board of directors at the Geneva-based agency could press North Korea since it is ...
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. Online banking transactions reached an average of 38.7 million per day in the January-March period, compared with 36.4 million the previous quarter, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The data is based...
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 domain names later this month. The Korea Communications Commission said that the Korea Internet and Security Agency will be in charge of the registration process and it will first collect the preferr...
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 the Science & Technology Policy Institute will explain Korea’s R&D initiatives aimed at addressing major socioeconomic problems facing the nation. ― Ed. The science and technology community is fille...
Netizens slam parents of baby vs. dog video

May 2, 2011

(YouTube) Commenters have criticized the content of a YouTube video called “Baby And Dog Fight Over Food,” which shows a baby agitating a german shepherd by trying to steal its food. In the video, a baby repeatedly snatches the dog’s bowl while the animal is eating. Although the baby tries hard to keep the bowl, the dog reclaims its food with its front legs and concentrates on eating. Commente...
'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 age as Chinese netizens revel in an obscure antique's catapult into Internet sensation, simply because of its stunning resemblance to the red-hot Angry Birds. The owl-shaped container, dated at leas...
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 states and capitals and all the countries in the world, the Daily Mail reported. His reading skill is also way above his peers. The secret of the genius child was iPhone, according to his parents. T...
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 market. Models show iPad 2, Apple's latest version of its tablet computer in Seoul, Thursday.(Yonhap) SK Telecom and KT said they will both start selling the iPad 2 tablet computer starting Friday....
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 by security researchers last week doesn't store users' locations, but a list of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers in their general area, the company said. It promised software fixes to address concerns ov...
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 agreement with Jeju Provincial Government to build a mobile call center and to work together on expanding the high-speed wireless Internet service in Jeju. “(Today’s) event is meaningful in that the fourth ...
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 for the devices. Sony will use Google Inc.’s Android operating system for the personal computers, Kunimasa Suzuki, Sony’s head of personal computers, said in Tokyo today. The S1 model will feature a 9...
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. “We don’t track anyone. The info circulating around is false,” wrote Apple CEO Jobs in an e-mail to a customer asking for clarification on the issue, MacRumors reported. The blog says that the cust...